lief package error while installing MOBSF - python-3.x

Question

Building wheel for lief (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /tmp/pip-wheel-7w2iswl4
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/
Complete output (46 lines):
0.10.1
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_ext
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py", line 72, in run
subprocess.check_output(['cmake', '--version'])
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 411, in check_output
return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in init
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1702, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cmake'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py", line 363, in
setup(
File "/home/kali/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/init.py", line 153, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py", line 223, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/command/build.py", line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py", line 74, in run
raise RuntimeError("CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: " +
RuntimeError: CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: lief
ERROR: Failed building wheel for lief
Running setup.py clean for lief
Failed to build lief
Installing collected packages: lief
Running setup.py install for lief ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-hb45g1s1/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --user --prefix= --compile --install-headers /home/kali/.local/include/python3.8/lief
cwd: /tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/
Complete output (48 lines):
0.10.1
running install
running build
running build_ext
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py", line 72, in run
subprocess.check_output(['cmake', '--version'])
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 411, in check_output
return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in init
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1702, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'cmake'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py", line 363, in <module>
setup(
File "/home/kali/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 153, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/kali/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 61, in run
return orig.install.run(self)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/command/install.py", line 589, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/command/build.py", line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py", line 74, in run
raise RuntimeError("CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: " +
RuntimeError: CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: lief
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python3 -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-vgv9vwph/lief/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-hb45g1s1/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --user --prefix= --compile --install-headers /home/kali/.local/include/python3.8/lief Check the logs for full command output.

Answer 1

You need to install CMake and it has to be in a path accessible by python.
If you are using homebrew,
brew install cmake
Noticed you were using kali
apt install cmake