recon-ng marketplace module installation error

[AnujK2901]

I am new to recon-ng and while currently installing modules, I am facing an issue for which I can not find any possible fix. Bug/Issue recreation steps:

1. Running recon-ng from Kali terminal
2. executing marketplace refresh
3. then typing marketplace install all

Error I am facing:

[recon-ng][default] > marketplace install all    
[*] Module installed: discovery/info_disclosure/cache_snoop    
[*] Module installed: discovery/info_disclosure/interesting_files
[*] Module installed: exploitation/injection/command_injector    
[*] Module installed: exploitation/injection/xpath_bruter
[*] Module installed: import/csv_file
[*] Module installed: import/list
[*] Module installed: import/masscan
[*] Module installed: import/nmap
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-contacts/bing_linkedin_cache
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-contacts/censys_email_address
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-contacts/pen
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-domains/censys_subdomains
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-domains/pen
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-domains/viewdns_reverse_whois
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-domains/whoxy_dns
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-hosts/censys_org
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-hosts/censys_tls_subjects
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-multi/github_miner
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-multi/shodan_org
[*] Module installed: recon/companies-multi/whois_miner
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-contacts/abc
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-contacts/mailtester
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-contacts/mangle
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-contacts/unmangle
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-credentials/hibp_breach
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-credentials/hibp_paste
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-credentials/scylla
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-domains/migrate_contacts
[*] Module installed: recon/contacts-profiles/fullcontact
[*] Module installed: recon/credentials-credentials/adobe
[*] Module installed: recon/credentials-credentials/bozocrack
[*] Module installed: recon/credentials-credentials/hashes_org
[*] Module installed: recon/domains-companies/censys_companies
[*] Module installed: recon/domains-companies/pen
[!] Module installation failed: recon/domains-companies/whoxy_whois.
[!] Invalid response from module repository (404).

I have tried following:

• restarting
• updating using apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
• logging as root user
• searching on internet

[jasonmull]

I'm also seeing this error at the same place. v5.1.1

[0xGh0st]

Yes the error exists due to the modules.yml file in recon-ng-marketplace: line 383: last_updated: '2020-06-17' name: Whoxy Whois Lookup path: recon/domains-companies/whoxy_whois but in the modules on that repo you have: whoxy_companies.py, I believe there is an issue in how the url is being resolved, the naming convention is incorrect.

[TheTechromancer]

I believe the true issue here is that an error in the installation of a single module cancels the entire process for all modules.

[leebaird]

I confirm the same errors and versions as well.

[AnujK2901]

I believe the true issue here is that an error in the installation of a single module cancels the entire process for all modules.

Yes. It seems like this module has been removed and while installing this module, this failure terminates the overall process to complete installation of all remaining modules.

[AnujK2901]

From my point of view, there are two things developers contributing in this project can perform.

• Removing/Fixing whoxy_whois
• Giving us an argument or something as well to continue installing rest modules without stopping for similar events in near future.

[lanmaster53]

This should be fixed now, but I agree that it should be handled more gracefully. Thank you for reporting and for your recommendations.

[jayakrishnanvkm]

try to install modules one by one as many of them need api keys.

keys add github

and then install github module

[rawr-droid]

Type the Cat etc/nsswitch.conf and look for hosts line and the value should be files DNS, if there's anything that comes between the files DNS words, delete it with a text editor and save it.Hope this helps