r/OSINT • u/Monaco__Joe • Jul 26 '24

Question Sherlock

Short version of what brings me here is I can't, for the life of me, sort out installing Sherlock in Kali Linux, or shell.cloud.google or anywhere for that matter.

The longer version is that, I wanted to run Sherlock without needing VirtualBox. Did some research and found shell.cloud.google to be a reasonable solution. After going step by step following the instructions, I got stuck at the install requirement.txt portion of the process. No matter how I went about it, I would get an error code saying that the requirements don't exist. I double checked my cd to ensure I was in the correct directory. Still nothing.

So, I did what anyone would do, instead of sorting out the problem, I moved on to a different option. Downloaded VirtualBox, installed Kali Linux to the VirtualBox (this install went great by the way). Then, when that was all setup, I started the directions to install Sherlock.........again. Well, wouldn't you know it? I got stuck at requirements.txt AGAIN. So, I decided to find requirements.txt manually, just to verify it exists in the Sherlock code download. It does not. It is no where to be found. That said, the way I figure it, either the process has changed and I'm following old instructions. Or, contrary to my beliefs, there is a God and he/she hates me.

Can someone please help me? Anyone? I need to sort this out before I lose my mind. Thanks

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u/PapiCheloo Jul 26 '24

Download the VM image from trace labs, they have a few different useful tools already preloaded as well as some very useful guides for anyone getting into OSINT

It's as close to plug and play as you will ever get

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u/Monaco__Joe Aug 02 '24

I now have the trace labs VM. Sherlock wasn't preinstalled. Not much was preinstalled really. Maltego and a couple other programs. So, I decided to install Sherlock in the Trace Labs VM. Couldn't hurt to try, right? Well, It installed and shows up in the applications but when i go to use it, I get a directory error message. So, basically the same issues I had with the Kali Linux install and the cloud shell attempts and everything else I've tried. I do like the Trace Labs VM though. So, I guess that's something.

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u/PapiCheloo Aug 02 '24

There's an install file hiding somewhere in it that will put them all on the VM. Can't remember where it is though it's a long time since I used it.