Nethunter Installation Stuck at ‘Checking package dependencies’

So you’re trying to install Nethunter on your Android device and you get to the part where you run the install script —

$ ./install-nethunter-termux

And it get’s stuck at the second line “Checking package dependencies”

Installation screen

You have been following the instructions here: https://www.kali.org/docs/nethunter/nethunter-rootless/#installation

Try this instead:

Step 1.

Install Nethunter store from store.nethunter.com

Step 2.

Install termux from here —

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/

Step3.

Go into termux and run these commands:

$ termux-setup-storage

Then, run this command to get the needed tools:

$ pkg install wget openssl-tool proot -y

You may need to change the repo if you are not able to download the above tools from the default repo

$ termux-change-repo

The menu will present a few options after you hit ‘OK’ on the main repo — pick one of these, I prefer the NJU one.

After you downloaded and installed the required packages, run these commands to download and install Nethunter:

$ wget -O install-nethunter-termux https://offs.ec/2MceZWr
$ chmod +x install-nethunter-termux
$ ./install-nethunter-termux

This should work — just keep in mind the process takes a while and there are times when manual input is required. Watch it carefully but be patient.