[Bug] installation error

[hros]

GEF+GDB version

GNU gdb (Debian 12.1-4) 12.1

Operating System

Kali Linux 2022.4 on WSL2

Describe the issue you encountered

trying to install GEF by following the instruction in the README fails
I actually tried the various instructions listed (curl, wget and directly from gdb)
When starting gdb I see the following:

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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 10878, in <module>
    reset()
  File "/home/user/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 190, in reset
    gef.setup()
  File "/home/user/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 10809, in setup
    self.reinitialize_managers()
  File "/home/user/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 10804, in reinitialize_managers
    self.session = GefSessionManager()
  File "/home/user/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 10454, in __init__
    self.constants[constant] = which(constant)
  File "/home/user/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 1810, in which
    raise FileNotFoundError(f"Missing file `{program}`")
FileNotFoundError: Missing file `file`
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10878, in <module>
    reset()
  File "/home/user/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 190, in reset
    gef.setup()
  File "/home/user/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10809, in setup
    self.reinitialize_managers()
  File "/home/user/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10804, in reinitialize_managers
    self.session = GefSessionManager()
  File "/home/user/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10454, in __init__
    self.constants[constant] = which(constant)
  File "/home/user/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 1810, in which
    raise FileNotFoundError(f"Missing file `{program}`")
FileNotFoundError: Missing file `file`
(gdb)

Do you read the docs and look at previously closed issues/PRs for similar cases?

Yes

Architecture impacted

• X86
• X64
• ARM
• ARM64
• MIPS
• MIPS64
• PPC
• PPC64
• RISCV

Describe your issue. Without a proper reproduction step-by-step, your issue will be ignored.

Provide a step-by-step to reproduce your issue.

1. execute bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gef.blah.cat/sh)" (or any other installation method listed in the README)
2. verify that .gdbinit sources the gef script
3. start gdb

Minimalist test case

No response

Additional context?

No response

[hugsy]

Do you read the docs and look at previously closed issues/PRs for similar cases?
Yes

#911

[karyuka]

I faced the same problem long ago, and it was really annoying to discover that all I needed to do was installing pip...