Compiling Kismet on Kali 2024.4

Compiling Kismet on Kali 2024.4

February 8, 2025

Default Configuration

  • To use the default ./configure command, these are the required packages:
sudo apt install libpcre2-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev pkgconf libwebsockets-dev libpcap-dev libnm-dev libnl-3-dev libnl-genl-3-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libbtbb-dev librtlsdr-dev libmosquitto-dev libsensors-dev 

Datasource-specific

  • rtl-433 package is already installed on a default Kali installation.
  • libubertooth-dev package is required for Ubertooth support.

Additional Options

  • For full debug logs, add the libdw-dev package.
Switch Required Package
–enable-bladerf libbladerf-dev
–enable-wifi-coconut none
–enable-btgeiger –enable-python-tools none