Update gef-extras.sh (#1207)

ghostinthefingers · web-flow · commit 4ce50e3db616 · 2026-02-01T12:06:08.000-08:00
diff --git a/scripts/gef-extras.sh b/scripts/gef-extras.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,20 @@ fi
 
 git clone --branch ${branch} https://github.com/hugsy/gef-extras.git "${DIR}"
 ver=$(gdb -q -nx -ex 'pi print(f"{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}", end="")' -ex quit)
-python${ver} -m pip install --requirement "${DIR}"/requirements.txt --upgrade
+echo "[+] Installing gef-extras dependencies..."
+pip_output=$(python${ver} -m pip install --requirement "${DIR}/requirements.txt" --upgrade 2>&1) || failed=1
+
+if [ "$failed" = "1" ]; then
+    if echo "$pip_output" | grep -qi "externally-managed-environment"; then
+        echo "[!] Detected externally-managed-environment, retrying with --break-system-packages ..."
+        python${ver} -m pip install --requirement "${DIR}/requirements.txt" --upgrade --break-system-packages
+    else
+        echo "[!] pip failed with unknown error:"
+        echo "$pip_output"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
 gdb -q -ex "pi gef.config['context.layout'] += ' syscall_args'" \
        -ex "pi gef.config['context.layout'] += ' libc_function_args'" \
        -ex "gef config gef.extra_plugins_dir '${DIR}/scripts'" \
