How to get software tools from GitHub on your Linux machine.
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For getting software tools and code from GitHub does not require signing into the website. Here are the instruction on how to a repository package onto your Linux VM.
This example will be getting theHarvester repo from ParrotSec. Inside your Linux VM, launch the firefox browser, Google dork for theHarvester.
Click on the green button.
Click on the copy icon for the HTTPS.
Inside your VM open the terminal, navigate to your desktop (or whever you want to store this repository) cd Desktop/.
Then type git clone + paste in the HTTPS link. It should have ‘.git’ at the end. Hit enter. Hit ls to see the directory.
You should see theHarvester. cd theHarvester/, you can just type cd th<tab> for autocomplete.
Next is to install the required software, instruction are commonly placed on the README file of the repository. We are told to run the command: pip3 install -r requirements.txt which installs packages.
Type python3 theHarvester.py
The program will quit because no argument parameter were provided. Type python3 theHarvester.py --help to get the instructions on how to use this program.
to run a search:
python3 theHarvester.py -d <website> -b all- fill in
<website>with whatever your target is - the
-b allmeans search using all the domains
For a smaller scan:
python3 theHarvester.py -d <website> -l 300 -b anubis- this limits scans to 300 and uses just anubis
To use API keys for searching:
- inside the terminal:
nano /etc/theHarvester/api-keys.yaml - opens a text file where you paste in your keys and the program will utilize the API keys
theHarvester is known to be a hit and miss for returning results, some days it will work great. The scan takes a few minutes, so you can get a coffee and come back.