No module named 'ConfigParser'

[MacBillings]

Please help. When I try to use the ./w3af_console comand I get back the error message:
(root💀kali)-[~/w3af]
└─# ./w3af_console
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/w3af/./w3af_console", line 12, in
from w3af.core.controllers.dependency_check.dependency_check import dependency_check
File "/root/w3af/w3af/core/controllers/dependency_check/dependency_check.py", line 26, in
from w3af.core.data.db.startup_cfg import StartUpConfig
File "/root/w3af/w3af/core/data/db/startup_cfg.py", line 22, in
import ConfigParser
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ConfigParser'

distro: latest version stable version of kali linux
pip freeze output: └─# pip freeze 255 ⨯
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python version 3.9.9

[gmartinez95]

I think w3af use python 2.7

[freedom1b2830]

arch linux no longer has pip2
does not work with python3+

[berrodma]

Yes, it does. Actually there are some informational messages:

According to Kali's documentation [0] in order to avoid breaking the packaged w3af version you should run the following commands:

cd ~
apt-get install -y python-pip
pip install --upgrade pip
git clone https/github.com/andresriancho/w3af.git
cd w3af
./w3af_console
. /tmp/w3af_dependency_install.sh

[0] http://www.kali.org/kali-monday/bleeding-edge-kali-repositories/

A script with these commands has been created for you at /tmp/w3af_dependency_install.sh

You just need to follow the process. I recommend using a virtual environment and Python 2.7 to run it.

[berrodma]

Once you have followed the process you just need to run the /tmp/w3af_dependency_install.sh

[codders]

As the others have commented, w3af relies on python2, which doesn't exist as a supported language in most distros by now. We've been working on a python3 port - you can see that here: https://github.com/w4af/w4af

[samkit511]

hey i have the same error and i want to know how did you fixed it?

[codders]

@samkit511 check out the project at https://github.com/w4af/w4af . That would be my recommendation.