Sniffnet (installed from .deb) not starting on Debian 11 (stable) due to missing/not available libraries and versions

[sysms]

Describe the bug
When installed from the current stable .deb (v1.2.0) on up-to-date Debian 11 (current stable), the binary cannot be launched.

To Reproduce
Describe steps to reproduce the bug, e.g.:

1. Download current 1.2.0 .deb
2. Install package via dpkg -i and install dependencies
3. try to start binary sniffnet from commandline
4. Experience error:

sniffnet: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Expected behavior
Program should be started.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian Linux
• Version 11 (stable)

Additional context

ldd /usr/bin/sniffnet | grep "not found"
/usr/bin/sniffnet: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version GLIBC_2.35' not found (required by /usr/bin/sniffnet) /usr/bin/sniffnet: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.33' not found (required by /usr/bin/sniffnet)
/usr/bin/sniffnet: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by /usr/bin/sniffnet) /usr/bin/sniffnet: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by /usr/bin/sniffnet)
libssl.so.3 => not found
libcrypto.so.3 => not found

Available libraries on Debian 11:

ll /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 398K 15. Feb 21:31 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 988K 5. Feb 22:23 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 5. Feb 22:23 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so -> libssl.so.1.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 584K 5. Feb 22:23 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.1

ll /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5,3M 5. Feb 22:23 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 5. Feb 22:23 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so -> libcrypto.so.1.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,0M 5. Feb 22:23 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.1

[GyulyVGC]

I built it on Ubuntu-latest, could this be the problem?

[GyulyVGC]

Other folks already pointed out similar issues on Debian, while seems to work fine in Ubuntu.

I'll come back to you when I have found a solution.

In the meantime, it'd be amazing if you could build it with cargo (requires Rust installed).
If in that case it works, it's definitely a problem of compatibility between the Ubuntu Sniffnet binary and the Debian distro.

[sysms]

Thank you for looking into this.

I built it on Ubuntu-latest, could this be the problem?

Yes, this would explain it.

it's definitely a problem of compatibility between the Ubuntu Sniffnet binary and the Debian distro.

Ubuntu latest has completely different (newer) libraries than Debian (stable).
Also the versioning/naming of libraries may be different.

Welcome to dependency hell on Linux. :D

So: yes, it's definitely a compatibility problem between the binary compiled on/for Ubuntu, trying to be run on Debian.

Maybe a static compiled binary could be the solution here (if that's possible) - or publishing as a Flatpak or AppImage.

[GyulyVGC]

Thanks very much for your confirmation. And yes, managing all the different distros is a nightmare.

@4r7if3x is going to help me package an AppImage / Flatpak in the future, and I will take care of pinging you.

Maybe it's a stupid question but: could Homebrew work for you?

[sysms]

@4r7if3x is going to help me package an AppImage / Flatpak in the future, and I will take care of pinging you.

Thank you very much! Much appreciated!

could Homebrew work for you?

For me personally not, because I don't want another package manager on my system which I have to take care of.

But maybe others could benefit?

[4r7if3x]

@4r7if3x is going to help me package an AppImage / Flatpak in the future, and I will take care of pinging you.

Yes, unfortunately, I've been quite busy lately and haven't been able to spend as much time as I'd like on testing and improving the new packaging feature. But it's definitely next up on my to-do list...

[GyulyVGC]

Don't worry man!

[4r7if3x]

Same as #225, the issue is that the reqwest crate defaults to using the native-ssl feature, which relies on v1.1 of OpenSSL. While Debian aligns with this version by default, Ubuntu adopts v3. To resolve this matter, you can opt to build the project with the rustls-tls feature, or alternatively, ask the user manually install the older libssl1.1 package.

P.S. I've already addressed this issue in my incoming PR.

[onlineapps-cloud]

hi, on mx-linux not working, when i try to open app, i received console to enter sudo password, after i enter sudo password, nothing happens, app not running :(

[GyulyVGC]

hi, on mx-linux not working, when i try to open app, i received console to enter sudo password, after i enter sudo password, nothing happens, app not running :(

Hi @onlineapps-cloud
We need more info:

• did you install the .deb package, right?
• can you try opening a terminal typing sudo -E sniffnet to see if that solves the issue?
• did you install the required dependencies?
• can you give us more details about the behaviour of the app? (error messages etc..)