Installation

Installing OSINT Template Engine involves a series of simple steps which must be completed in the correct sequence for the installation to be successful.

NOTE: vX.X.X refers to the version number e.g. v1.0.0

To Download

The installers and portable executable files are available on the OTE's Github repository release page or official website download page.

OTE currently supports Windows and Linux operating systems with x64 architecture.

On the release page there are two types of download packages for each of the two systems i.e. installers and portable executable.

• Installers

Installers will install OTE and its dependencies in default choosen location on your machine.

The installers are OTE_vX.X.X_win64_installer.exe for windows and OTE_vX.X.X_linux_installer.run for linux.

• Portable executables

Portable executables do not need any installation; you simply download and use directly.

The portable executables are OTE_vX.X.X_win64.zip for Windows and OTE_vX.X.X_linux.AppImage and OTE_vX.X.X_linux.tar.gz for Linux

To Install

Please Note: OTE is a Graphical User Interface application so all of the steps in this guide refer to the OTE GUI.

• For Windows Portable Executables:

Download and extract OTE_vX.X.X_win64.zip archive and place it at your choosen location, extract the archive then run OTE.exe simply by double clicking on the program.

• For Linux Portable Executable:

Download OTE_vX.X.X_linux.AppImage and place it at your chosen location, then run it simply by double clicking

or

using command line with the command:

./OTE_vX.X.X_linux.AppImage

OR

Download OTE_vX.X.X_linux.tar.gz archive and place it at your choosen location.

Extract the archive on desired location (you can use GUI option or command line:

tar –xzf OTE_vX.X.X_linux.tar.gz

Then run it simply by double clicking on the OTE/OTE

or

using command line with the command

./OTE/OTE

• For Windows Installer:

Download OTE_vX.X.X_win64_installer.exe then run the installer, then fill in the required information such as installation location and shortcut names procedually until you finish the installation procedure.

• For Linux Installer:

Download OTE_vX.X.X_linux_installer.run then run the installer using the command line :

./OTE_vX.X.X_linux_installer.run

Then fill in the required information such as installation location and shortcut names precedually until you finish the installation procedure.

NOTE:

In most windows environment OTE will run on the first try but case of SipderSuite fails to run on the first try on windows, this could be an indication that your machine does not contain the required MSVC-redistributable package.

Don’t worry, OTE comes packaged with the required MSVC-redistributable package in case of this.

Simply Install the MSVC-redistributable package which comes with OTE (OTE/vcredist_x64.exe)

Also In case OTE fails to connect to the internet and shows SSL errors, install the OpenSSL package which comes packaged with OTE (OTE/Win64 OpenSSL v1.1.1n Light.msi).

To Uninstall

To uninstall OTE for portable OTE, just delete the OTE folder and you are done. For installed OTE run the uninstaller located in the OTE installation directory (OTE/maintanance_tool.exe).