hamster: command not found and also unable to build from source code

What is want to do is that i want to use hamster-sidejack tool but when i run hamster in terminal it is saying hamster: command not found and i tried

sudo apt-get install hamster-sidejack

but it is saying E: Unable to locate package hamster-sidejack

I have also tried to install this tool using katoolin.

but it is also saying E: Unable to locate package hamster-sidejack

so finally dicided to build it from its source

GITHUB LINK :-

after downloading the file i go to its gcc4 folder and run

make -j2

but its showing error

Assembler messages:
Fatal error: can't create ../../tmp/pixie.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:16: ../../tmp/pixie.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Assembler messages:
Fatal error: can't create ../../tmp/hamster.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:16: ../../tmp/hamster.o] Error 1

Can anyone please tell me how to fix this issue or is there another way to install hamster.

Please....

2 Answers

You are right that this package is not available from APT. According to search on Repology this package has origin in Kali Linux.

To get the source and create the deb-package you can use commands below on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:

sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev build-essential debhelper-compat git
cd ~/Downloads
git clone
cd hamster-sidejack
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us # for Mint 20.1
make # for Mint 20.1
rm debian/source/format # fix error with deb-helper
dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -d
sudo apt-get install ../hamster-sidejack_2.0-1kali4_amd64.deb

and enjoy.

When I tried to launch hamster by navigating to Applications → Sniffing & Spoofing → hamster, I also got the same error message. I solved the problem by simply launching the application from the command line with the command hamster-sidejack.

By the way, I noticed the same behavior if I launch ferret from Applications → Sniffing & Spoofing → ferret, while if I give ferret-sidejack in the command line, the application starts as expected.