I cannot launch Zenmap

S33k3r · 12-27-2020, 01:03 PM

Hi guys,
I have decided to start my journey in Linux and of course i have already faced several issues that i was able to resolve myself.
But this one is driving me crazy.
I have the latest version of Kali linux and i have installed the latest version of Zenmap as well.
But when I try to launch it with sudo zenmap i recieved this error:
Could not import the zenmapGUI.App module: 'No module named gtk'.
I checked in these directories:
/usr/bin
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/idna-2.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/ply-3.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/chardet-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/PySocks-1.7.1-py27-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/enum34-1.1.10-py2-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/backports.functools_lru_cache-1.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/requests-2.23.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/urllib3-1.25.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/colorama-0.4.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/soupsieve-1.9.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/beautifulsoup4-4.9.1-py2-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/certifi-2020.4.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/pycparser-2.20-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/six-1.15.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/pyOpenSSL-19.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/offsec-awae-wheels/ipaddress-1.0.23-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/cffi-wheels/setuptools-44.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/share/cffi-wheels/py-1.8.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
/usr/lib/python2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old
/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
If you installed Zenmap in another directory, you may have to add the
modules directory to the PYTHONPATH environment variable.
I have tried everything : apt full-upgrade, apt update, apt-get dist-upgrade but nothing.
Is there someone that can help me out with this problem?

berndbausch · 12-28-2020, 01:31 AM

By default, sudo uses a small subset of your environment. Python paths are most likely not included in that subset, which probably explains your problem.

I would first confirm that the error does not occur without sudo. If that is so, configure sudo so that it does contain the Python paths.

Another approach is using su instead of sudo.

ondoho · 12-28-2020, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S33k3r

I have decided to start my journey in Linux (...)
I have the latest version of Kali linux

Stop right there.
You need to get aquainted with a more newbie friendly Linux distribution first.

Here's what Kali Linux' developers have to say about it:

Quote:

Is Kali Linux Right For You?

As the distribution’s developers, you might expect us to recommend that everyone
should be using Kali Linux. The fact of the matter is, however, that Kali is a
Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testers
and security specialists, and given its unique nature, it is NOT a recommended
distribution if you’re unfamiliar with Linux or are looking for a general-purpose
Linux desktop distribution for development, web design, gaming, etc.

Even for experienced Linux users, Kali can pose some challenges.

(Source)

teckk · 12-28-2020, 09:08 AM

Last I checked, Zenmap has a dependency on pygtk, which depends on gobject2, which depends on python2.

Stop using it. Use something else. Not nmap, it is fine, I mean zenmap.

https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.g...BUILD?h=zenmap

Here is the source

Code:

wget --spider https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.91.tar.bz2
Spider mode enabled. Check if remote file exists.
--2020-12-28 09:07:14--  https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.91.tar.bz2
Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
Resolving nmap.org (nmap.org)... 45.33.49.119, 2600:3c01:e000:3e6::6d4e:7061
Connecting to nmap.org (nmap.org)|45.33.49.119|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 10503500 (10M) [application/x-bzip2]
Remote file exists.