Error when running make install command

[LiamBermo]

i have followed this guide
https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/inject-keystrokes-into-logitech-keyboards-with-nrf24lu1-transceiver-0197099/
every time i run the make install command i get this error message.

/opt/mousejack/nrf-research-firmware$ make install
./prog/usb-flasher/usb-flash.py bin/dongle.bin
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./prog/usb-flasher/usb-flash.py", line 20, in <module>
    import usb, time, sys, array, logging
ImportError: No module named usb
make: *** [Makefile:27: install] Error 1

what have i done wrong?
i will continue searching for a solution to this but any help would be appreciated. thank you

[LiamBermo]

i have now gotten past the problem by doing the same steps on another computer

[yalok1n]

Dear all,

Today I installed "kali-linux-2021-W06-installer-amd64" and followed the same steps from the null-byte page shared by redrush11, and I encounter the same error.

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┌──(root💀kali)-[/opt/mousejack/nrf-research-firmware]
└─# make install
./prog/usb-flasher/usb-flash.py bin/dongle.bin
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./prog/usb-flasher/usb-flash.py", line 20, in
import usb, time, sys, array, logging
ImportError: No module named usb
make: *** [Makefile:27: install] Error 1

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I also tried with kali 2020.1 and 2020.4 systems, still the same.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Regards,
dos

[Starzs906]

Im having the same issue. I think its because kali has since been updated since the release of mouse jack. The best bet is going into usb-flash.py file in mouse jack and looking for line 20 and changing it to the new kali name

[JakeHukari]

I fixed this by running 'sudo apt install python-usb' and then 'sudo make install'

[DoobTheGoober]

I fixed this by running 'sudo apt install python-usb' and then 'sudo make install'

When doing this, I get a python-usb not found. 🤔

[yalok1n]

Hello again everyone,

I hope you are doing well.

I am writing a bit late but I have found from where the issue was coming, at least for me.

I was trying to install it on a virtual machine, and even doe I was getting some errors during the installation, I was still able to run keystroke injection attacks on wireless mouses. However, the speed with which was typing the commands on the victim machine was Super slow to what I've seen, and sometimes it was even 'freezing' on one word.

For example:

 This is a testttttttttttttttttttt....

And it was constantly gutting stuck on random letters.

I got super sad because I was very hyped about this and I tested it on at least 5-6 different versions of Kali without success.

One day I was surfing around github and I saw some issue for some kind of radio antenna USB stuff, and there was a comment saying that Virtual machines don't handle USB processing for the signal, or something like that.

I then made a bootable USB with kali 2020 on it, and everything was running smooth as f@#$.
Tested it by installing 3 other versions on a bootable USB stick, and everything was perfect.
The injection type speed was faster than I've thought and there was no freezing while typing.

I gues VM's are not handling USB processing that well so try with either a bootable USB or a PC/Laptop with kali as an OS on it.

I hope this helps you all!

Regards,
DOS

[DoobTheGoober]

Glad you got it working, I just loaded a fresh Ubuntu ISO file onto a RPI, downloaded the req. and was good to go, thanks for the suggestion!

[Rodeo-Clown]

After trying to install on a Kali VM I saw what yalok1n added.
Now trying to install Mousejack on Raspberry Pi running kali-linux-2021.4-rpi-armhf.
I am running into the Python-USB issue here as well.
I can find Python3-usb but after trying to run make install I get the typical "can't find usb"
tried editing the python import to "python3-usb"
now getting syntax error with it pointing at the '-' between python3 and usb

Suggestions ?

[ltsalvatore]

any news on this?

[talilama]

Hey, this can be solved by forcing the proper version of pyusb into the same directory as the install script so it can find it.
I did this by using a virtual environment and copying the actual pyusb "usb" directory into 'prog/usb-flasher' directory:

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install pyusb
cp -r ~/opt/offensive-wireless/mousejack/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/usb ./prog/usb-flasher/
sudo make install

[cyb3rsad1k0]

I found the fix for this, see this: https://github.com/BastilleResearch/nrf-research-firmware/pull/21/files/bb640164659ec1e9919b8ee22c2b79ad61e0fd94