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I am trying to install aircrack-ng by following the simple steps on the official site which read

wget http://download.aircrack-ng.org/aircrack-ng-1.2-rc1.tar.gz
tar -zxvf aircrack-ng-1.2-rc1.tar.gz
cd aircrack-ng-1.2-rc1
make
make install

I executed the first three cmds successfully, however

make

returns

common.mak:100: *** Cannot find development files for any supported version of libnl. install either libnl1 or libnl3..  Stop.

So I installed libnl1 with 

sudo apt-get -y install libnl1

After this installed successfully, I ran 

sudo apt-get update
sudo reboot

However I still get the same error when calling make

common.mak:100: *** Cannot find development files for any supported version of libnl. install either libnl1 or libnl3..  Stop.

What can I do?

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05/01/2016 WORKING 

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev build-essential libsqlite3-dev iw wireless-tools
sudo apt-get install libnl1
wget https://download.aircrack-ng.org/aircrack-ng-1.3.tar.gz
tar -zxvf aircrack-ng-1.3.tar.gz
cd aircrack-ng-1.3
autoreconf -i
./configure --with-experimental
make
make install

Notice that will some comments say that ./configure is not needed, on the new version it's supported. Instructions taken from oficial docs. Also check INSTALLING file on folder which may have more dependencies depending on your platform.

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  • The tradition 3-phase build of a tarball once it has been untarred is an incantation of "./configure && make && sudo make install" - you seem to have missed the ./configure stage (possible preceded with a ./configure --help to see if there are any options or arguments to use for the particular project)... – SlySven Jan 6 '16 at 0:09
  • Any explanation on what those commands do? – PNDA Jan 6 '16 at 9:54
  • @SlySven aircrack doesn't need any configuration. Just compile and go. ./configure is completely unnecessary. It doesn't even exist in the first place. – PNDA Jan 6 '16 at 9:56
  • Ok, yeah, for this one that is the case... *sigh* – SlySven Jan 6 '16 at 22:30
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sudo apt-get install libnl1-dev

solved this issue

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apt-get install libnl-3-dev (on Kali debian distro) worked for me

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    What does this add above and beyond the original answer? It also read less like an answer and more like it worked for me. – Steve Robillard Dec 4 '15 at 21:37

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