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Add New Item To Backtrack Linux Backtrack Menu

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I recently wrote an article about how to fix btscanner in Backtrack Linux and realized after the article was completed that some people may prefer to launch btscanner via the menu in Backtrack Linux instead of the command terminal by typing btscanner. This article specifically explains how to add btscanner back to the menu in Backtrack Linux under Backtrack > Information Gathering > Wireless Analysis > BlueTooth Analysis > btscanner. The information could however apply to any tools you wanted to manually add to the Backtrack menu by modifying each variable accordingly.

Information Security

btscanner Brute Force Bluetooth Crashes On Backtrack 5 R3

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I have been playing around with some of the bluetooth tools within Backtrack recently and btscanner is one of the main tools I have bene using. The btscanner application in Backtrack Linux provides two bluetooth scanning functions it calls inquiry scanning and brute force scanning. Unfortunately the package installed with Backtrack 5 release 3 will crash when attempting to use it for brute force scanning however I was able to create a fix that isn’t too messy to accomplish. Below we describe the btscanner crash in more detail and provide a way to get btscanner bluetooth brute forcing operating properly.

Technology Errors

BtScanner Compile Error: cc1: error: unrecognized command line option -Wimplicit-function-dec

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While doing some testing this evening I ran into all sorts of errors when attempting to compile a new version of btscanner on Backtrack Linux 5 R3. Luckily it is super easy to resolve the error complaining about an unrecognized command named -Wimplicit-function-dec. This error will display when attempting to run “make” against an already configured (./configure) btscanner source. Below we output the error in more detail, explain how to resolve the error by editing the make file, and then display the compilation process moving past the error.

Technology Insights

Ubuntu 10.04 Installed Package From Source And APT Complaining Of Unmet Dependencies

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While doing some testing this evening on Backtrack Linux 5 R3 I had issues with apt or aptitude complaining about some dependencies for packages I had compiled from source. One of the packages I first ran into issues with was bluez which is installed by default on Backtrack. I wanted to apply a patch to the source code and then reinstall bluez which I was able to accomplish. The issue started after that when apt started complaining that bluez was not installed any longer. Below I describe how I modified the apt dependencies tracker file which fixed my unmet dependencies errors.

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Backtrack Linux Configure Error: No package check found

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While compiling some earlier versions of bluez, which provides support for core bluetooth layers and protocols, I ran into a minor error. The error complained about no check being available. Read below to see the initial error when running ./configure and how to install the check package to resolve the errors. Installing the check package will fix this problem likely on any platform but for sure on Ubuntu 10.04 since Backtrack Linux is currently built on that platform.