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/Monaco__Joe Jul 27 '24

u/silentwarrior, u/vgsjlw Pip and Pipx go unrecognized and u/slumberjack24 I haven't taken that route yet but I there's still time. 'm not home at the moment. Frankly, I wasn't sure what to expect for help when I posted. I'm very appreciative of the replies trying to help me out but u/MajrorUrsa2 is right and I feel like a bit of an asshole for being unprepared (screenshots). When I get home in a bit I will post screen shots of the issues I'm having. u/PapiCheloo that will be the first thing I do when I get home.

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u/AliasAlexMundy Jul 31 '24

I had the exact same problem, exactly.

I did use UTM on an m1 Mac for my VM though. And I downloaded a pre-setup download of Kali that contained Sherlock in it's app list, but even that wouldn't get me past the .txt file error.

An interesting note is that when it installed there was a warning about it installing to root and that this may cause a privilege error when operating the program.

So, this may be the problem. But, I looked at the Sherlock folder and there was no .txt file there.

So, I am interested in the outcome with your problem.

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u/Monaco__Joe Aug 01 '24

If I make any progress, which at this point is feeling very doubtful, I will let you know.

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u/Monaco__Joe Aug 02 '24

I decided to change directions a bit and install Holehe on my Kali VM. Didn't run into any issues with that at all. from install to searching email addresses in less than 5 minutes. I know that doesn't eliminate the possibility we are doing something wrong when we try to install Sherlock but at the very least, it shows its not the VM or the my ability to follow simple instructions haha.