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This is a guide for installing the SpiderFoot utility on Arch Linux.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system up to date:
  

  sudo pacman -Syu
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  sudo pacman -S python2 git python2-lxml python2-netaddr python2-m2crypto python2-cherrypy python2-mako
  

Install SpiderFoot¶

• Clone spiderfoot from github:
  

  git clone https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot.git
  cd spiderfoot
  

• Start spiderfoot:
  

  python2 ./sf.py 192.168.0.10:5001
  

Install TOR¶

• Install tor:
  

  sudo pacman -S tor
  

• Edit the torrc config file:
  

  sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc
  

  • And make sure to uncomment the ControlPort definition:
    

    SocksPort 9050
    ControlPort 9051
    

• Start TOR:
  

  sudo systemctl start tor
  

• Next go to the spiderfoot web interface http://192.168.0.10:5001

• Go to Settings and set the following parameters
  1. SOCKS Server Type: TOR
  2. SOCKS Server IP Address: 127.0.0.1
  3. SOCKS Server TCP Port: 9050
  4. Resolve DNS through the SOCKS proxy: True
  5. Port TOR is taking control commands: 9051

Resources¶

• http://www.spiderfoot.net
• http://www.spiderfoot.net/documentation/
• https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot