It is hard to install owtf as per installation doc.

[spmishra121]

I am trying to install owtf in my Kali Linux.
Environment details is:

OS: Kali Linux (v. 2023.3)
Python -V=3.7

Steps I had followed:

1. Cloned the repository in /home/kali
2. move in owtf directory
3. run python3.7 setup.py develop

Output of above command:

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/owtf]
└─$ sudo python3.7 setup.py develop
running develop
running egg_info
writing owtf.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to owtf.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to owtf.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing requirements to owtf.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to owtf.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'owtf.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
warning: no files found matching '' under directory 'owtf/webui'
warning: no previously-included files found matching ''node_modules''
warning: no previously-included files found matching ''node_modules.''
writing manifest file 'owtf.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
running build_ext
Creating /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/owtf.egg-link (link to .)
owtf 2.6.0 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
Installing owtf script to /usr/local/bin
Installing owtf script to /usr/local/bin

Installed /home/kali/owtf
Processing dependencies for owtf==2.6.0
Searching for sphinxcontrib-httpdomain==1.7.0
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Using /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinxcontrib_httpdomain-1.7.0-py3.7.egg
Searching for sphinx-py3doc-enhanced-theme==2.3.1
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Using /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx_py3doc_enhanced_theme-2.3.1-py3.7.egg
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Using /usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pycurl-7.43.0.2-py3.7-linux-x86_64.egg
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Finished processing dependencies for owtf==2.6.0
Running post install
/home/kali/owtf/scripts/install.sh: line 12: /home/kali/owtf/scripts/platform_config.sh: No such file or directory

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    @owtfp
http://owtf.org

[] Thanks for installing OWTF!
[!] There will be lot of output, please be patient :)
[] Installing pre-commit and black for git hooks...
/home/kali/owtf/scripts/install.sh: line 199: /usr/local/bin/pip: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/kali/owtf/scripts/install.sh: line 200: /usr/local/bin/pip: cannot execute: required file not found
/home/kali/owtf/scripts/install.sh: line 201: /usr/local/bin/pre-commit: cannot execute: required file not found
[!] Skipping copying directory conf
[!] Skipping copying directory dictionaries
[!] Skipping copying directory tools
[] '/root/.owtf/proxy/certs/ca.crt' already exists. Nothing done.
[] Installing NPM...
v15.0.1 is already installed.
Now using node v15.0.1 (npm v7.0.3)
default -> node (-> v15.0.1)
[*] npm successfully installed.

changed 1 package, and audited 1 package in 2s

found 0 vulnerabilities
[] Installing node dependencies.
warning package.json: "dependencies" has dependency "@types/react" with range "17.0.14" that collides with a dependency in "devDependencies" of the same name with version "^18.0.28"
warning package-lock.json found. Your project contains lock files generated by tools other than Yarn. It is advised not to mix package managers in order to avoid resolution inconsistencies caused by unsynchronized lock files. To clear this warning, remove package-lock.json.
warning owtf@1.0.0: "dependencies" has dependency "@types/react" with range "17.0.14" that collides with a dependency in "devDependencies" of the same name with version "^18.0.28"
warning Resolution field "@types/react@17.0.14" is incompatible with requested version "@types/react@^16.9.5"
error expect@28.1.3: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || >=17.0.0". Got "15.0.1"
error Found incompatible module.
[] Yarn dependencies successfully installed.
[] Building using webpack.
[] Build successful
--> Installing dictionaries and tools
python scripts/install_tools.py
/bin/bash: line 1: python: command not found
make: *** [Makefile:78: post-install] Error 127
[] Finished!
[] Start OWTF by running cd path/to/pentest/directory; owtf
[!] Please add a new JWT_SECRET_KEY in the settings file located in owtf/owtf/settings.py
[!] Please setup SMTP server of your choice in the settings file located in owtf/owtf/settings.py

After this installation, I ran the command owtf and I had received following output:

──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ owtf

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    http://owtf.org                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    Version: 2.6.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

[+] Loading /home/kali/owtf/owtf/data/conf/framework.yaml..
/home/kali/owtf/owtf/managers/config.py:35: YAMLLoadWarning: calling yaml.load() without Loader=... is deprecated, as the default Loader is unsafe. Please read https://msg.pyyaml.org/load for full details.
config_map = yaml.load(FileOperations.open(file_path, "r"))
[+] Loading /home/kali/owtf/owtf/data/conf/general.yaml..
[+] Loading resources from: /home/kali/.owtf/conf/resources.cfg..
[+] Loading framework please wait..
[!] Starting HTTP(s) proxy server at 127.0.0.1:8008
[-] Aborted by Framework: Error when calling 'rm_tree'! [Errno 13] Permission denied: '8ac2f597ec20a98cdc8fe8069019f5d8.lock'.