binwalkgui

Getting prepped to work on this

Install virtualenv to ensure that the dependencies don't clutter the global requirements. This can be done with

sudo pip3 install virtualenv

Create and activate a virtualenv with the following commands:

virtualenv -p python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate

After running these commands, the bash terminal should look like this:

(venv) arjun@ubuntu:~/Desktop/binwalkgui$ 

Note the (venv) at the beginning of the prompt. This tells that the venv environment has been activated.

Installing binwalk

To install binwalk, after activating the virtual environment, run the following commands:

git clone git@github.com:ReFirmLabs/binwalk.git
cd binwalk 
python setup.py install 

This will install binwalk into the virtualenvironment for testing.

Installing tk

To instll tk, run the following commands:

sudo apt install python3-tk

Installing matplotlib (for entropy plotting)

To install matplotlib, run the following command:

python -m pip install -U matplotlib

Using custom signatures

First, select the file you wish to scan (use custom.zip for demo)

Then from the 'Expert' option, select 'Search with custom magic file only'

Select the file that contains your custom signatures (use magic.mgc for demo)