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Install this package:

emerge -a net-wireless/kismet

Package Information

Description:
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN sniffer
Homepage:
https://www.kismetwireless.net
License:
GPL-2

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8 ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~x86 0/9999
2025.09.1 8 ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~x86 0/2025.09.1
2023.07.2 8 amd64 arm ~arm64 ~ppc x86 0/2023.07.2

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML 
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Rick Farina</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="libusb">Support libusb based capture sources such as mousejack, cc2540(ble), and nrf51822(ble)</flag>
		<flag name="mqtt">Enable MQTT support</flag>
		<flag name="pcre">Build with pcre support</flag>
		<flag name="protobuf">Support old protobuf message passing in case of remote capture sources which are not up to date.</flag>
		<flag name="rtlsdr">Enable rtlsdr based kismet capture sources</flag>
		<flag name="suid">
			Install a setuid root helper binary with limited functionality;
			this allows running kismet as a normal user, significantly
			reducing security risks
		</flag>
		<flag name="ubertooth">Enable capture source for ubertooth to sniff bluetooth low energy</flag>
		<flag name="wext">
			Enable building kismet with support for the deprecated Linux Wireless Extensions.
			This is required for some out of tree and staging drivers, and kismet has not
			been well tested with it disabled, so it defaults to on.
		</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">kismetwireless/kismet</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p net-wireless/kismet | euse -E <flag> -p net-wireless/kismet | euse -D <flag> -p net-wireless/kismet

Flag Description 9999 2025.09.1 2023.07.2
libusb Support libusb based capture sources such as mousejack, cc2540(ble), and nrf51822(ble) ✓ ✓ ✓
lm-sensors Add linux lm-sensors (hardware sensors) support ✓ ✓ ✓
mqtt Enable MQTT support ✓ ✓ ✗
networkmanager Enable net-misc/networkmanager support ✓ ✓ ✓
pcre Build with pcre support ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
protobuf Support old protobuf message passing in case of remote capture sources which are not up to date. ✓ ✓ ✗
rtlsdr Enable rtlsdr based kismet capture sources ✓ ✓ ✓
selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur ✓ ✓ ✓
suid Install a setuid root helper binary with limited functionality; this allows running kismet as a normal user, significantly reducing security risks ⊕ ⊕ ⊕
ubertooth Enable capture source for ubertooth to sniff bluetooth low energy ✓ ✓ ✓
udev Enable virtual/udev integration (device discovery, power and storage device support, etc) ✓ ✓ ✓
wext Enable building kismet with support for the deprecated Linux Wireless Extensions. This is required for some out of tree and staging drivers, and kismet has not been well tested with it disabled, so it defaults to on. ⊕ ⊕ ✗

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST kismet-2023-07-R2.tar.xz 11418952 bytes 2023.07.2
DIST kismet-2023.07.1-stdint-fix.patch 144077 bytes 2023.07.2
DIST kismet-2025-09-R1.tar.xz 11479700 bytes 2025.09.1
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