compilation error curl

[njscorpion]

i am using Kali Linux "4.19.0-kali5-amd64"

lsb_release -a:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release: 2019.2
Codename: n/a

while trying to install libcurl3

i am getting :

Package libcurl3 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
libcurl4

E: Package 'libcurl3' has no installation candidate

I have the latest libcurl4 is there a workaround?

[ZerBea]

You don't need libcurl3, but you need the dev files to compile hcxtools.
From README.md:
To install requirements on Kali use the following 'apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev'

See KALI package tracker:
https://pkg.kali.org/pkg/curl

Also explained for example here:
#67

BTW:
Closed this issue, because it isn't related to hcxtools.
But you can still ask questions here or in official KALI forum (better for KALI related questions, because I don't use KALI):
https://forums.kali.org/

[njscorpion]

thanks i am sorry it was also mention in the read me

[ZerBea]

No problem.
KALI is designed to be used by penetration testers and not for coders or user who compile code.
So only a few development packages (dev) are included and you must(!) install the other ones by yourself. That is the philosophy of KALI (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, ... - the list is long) and just another good reason why I use and recommend Arch Linux.

[ih8github]

@njscorpion did you get it to work?

I have a similar error on Kali. hcxtools can’t find curl. Curl works fine. So trying to install the libcurl4-OpenSSL-dev you get a message that it requires an old (7.58) version of libcurl4 that would breal every other major app in Kali...

[ZerBea]

That is an issue of KALI and you should ask there.
Please read this:
#153 (comment)