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What is the proper way to install the Binwalk tool on Debian 7.0 without the added graphing capabilities (and it dependencies)? I've read that I can skip the make deps command, but this deps.sh script installs the required tools, which also includes the Python graphical libraries that I don't want.

EDIT: I uncommented in deps.sh code, that installs python graphing libraries. Is there anything else I should do?

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  • Looking at most of those dependencies indicates a heavy need for python, as most of them are the python bindings. Are you sure you want to strip Python of power? – eyoung100 Sep 24 '14 at 14:39
  • Binwalk itself is Python script, I just don't need binwalk’s graphing capabilities, therefore don't need pyqtgraph and its required dependencies (libqt4-opengl, python-opengl, python-qt4, python-qt4-gl, python-numpy, python-scipy). – triwo Sep 24 '14 at 14:52
  • If the developer doesn't provide a non-graphing option, you may need to contact them. Try forking his repository if you like, and manually remove them. – eyoung100 Sep 24 '14 at 14:59
  • Its possible to use binwalk without graphing capabilities, I need more specific how to install it without that libraries. – triwo Sep 24 '14 at 15:39
  • You can't do this unless you modify his python script and remove references to PyQt4, as there is no configure option to disable PyQt4. – eyoung100 Sep 24 '14 at 15:58
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As Per the instruction manual, you linked above, you want to skip the optional dependencies, so we skip:

sudo apt-get install libqt4-opengl python-opengl python-qt4 python-qt4-gl python-numpy python-scipy
wget -O - http://www.pyqtgraph.org/downloads/pyqtgraph-0.9.8.tar.gz | tar -zxv && cd pyqtgraph-0.9.8 && sudo pyth

and then during the build/compile phase we skip make deps. In the binwalk source directory, run these commands in this order:

  1. sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autoconf
  2. ./configure
  3. make
  4. sudo make install

Update

To install the Firmware Mod Kit:

  1. sudo mkdir /opt/firmware-mod-kit/.git
  2. cd /opt/firmware-mod-kit/.git
  3. git clone http://code.google.com/p/firmware-mod-kit
  4. cd /opt/firmware-mod-kit/src
  5. ./configure && sudo make
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  • And I still need to use deps.sh script I modded (lines 71-74 and 82-85) for installing other stuff? – triwo Sep 24 '14 at 18:12
  • No you don't need the deps script... the deps script runs when you use make deps but since I advised you to skip it, it's never used. – eyoung100 Sep 24 '14 at 18:14
  • But I need firmware-mod-kit and it pre-requisites and extraction tools: should I install it separately? – triwo Sep 24 '14 at 18:32
  • Yes as the instruction I gave you removed the dependencies – eyoung100 Sep 24 '14 at 18:36
  • Can I do the same using modified deps.sh in make deps step? – triwo Sep 25 '14 at 18:24

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