I use commas to delimit 'ettercap -G', otherwise gksu would interpret -G as its own parameter (which it doesn't have) and give an error. Where the parameter '-G' launches ettercap with graphical interface and 'gksu' is the most suitable program to run a 'graphical' program as root. One possible option would be: gksu 'ettercap -G'

When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want. To see the Ettercap dependencies: apt-cache depends ettercap-gtk. This command will un-install ettercap on the server. We have two options: either we install 'su-to-root' (it should be recommended) or we edit the launcher to run ettercap as we like. To download and install Ettercap with its graphical interface: apt-get install ettercap-gtk. Precisely, if I launch it from terminal, I will discover that the 'su-to-root' program is not installed. In the properties of the ettercap launcher the command line catches my attention: su-to-root -c '/ usr / sbin / ettercap -gtk' Go to the command line and enter the two commands: sudo apt update sudo apt install ettercap-common Install Ettercap on Debian, BackTrack, and Mint Linux. I install 'Alacarte' (from the Software Center) to be able to comfortably view and edit Unity menus and launchers. ettercap-common software package provides Multipurpose sniffer/interceptor/logger for switched LAN, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal, sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ettercap-common ettercap-common is installed in your system. We can look for it in the 'Ubuntu Software Center' and install it from there.Īlthough it is already installed (and works perfectly from the terminal), the launcher created in the Ubuntu 12.10 DASH does not work. sudo apt-get install build-essential debhelper bison check cmake flex ghostscript libbsd-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgeoip-dev libltdl-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libncurses5-dev libnet1-dev libpcap-dev libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtk2.0-dev For running ettercap you might need to install ethtool, needed for. Let's see the tutorial for the ettercap installation under Ubuntu 12.10įirst, make sure you have the 'Universe' repository activated.

How to install ettercap