How to install Sherlock In termux | Latest Method 2024

In this post i am going to show you, how to install sherlock in termux. Finding a person on web is much easier through sherlock. I will install sherlock in termux by simple basic commands used in termux. We will also discuss about the errors and uses of sherlock in termux. If you do not know about a single bit of termux, you can also install sherlock after reading this article. So let’s start,

What is Sherlock?

Sherlock name comes after the name of the detective. Sherlock also acts the same. It is an information gathering tool that can be used to search for a username of a person through web on all the social media platforms. You just need a username and it will give you the details of the person on all the social media platforms. This tool can search upto 150 social media platforms.

How To Install Sherlock in termux?

We will install sherlock in termux just by getting its files from github and installing it into the termux app. Sherlock needs some requirements to work properly like golang. Make sure you have an active internet connection and latest version of termux. Follow the below steps one by one to install sherlock in termux.

Step 1: This first thing is to open the terminal and update its packages using pkg update command.

pkg update

Step 2: Now upgrade the termux packages using pkg upgrade -y command.

pkg upgrade -y 

Step 3: Download Git using pkg install git -y command as Git is necessary for downloading sherlock.

pkg install git -y

Step 4: GoLang is necessary for sherlock. Install it by typing pkg install golang -y in termux.

pkg install golang -y

Step 5: Clone the Sherlock repository from Github using git clone https://github.com/mesuutt/sherlock.git command.

git clone https://github.com/mesuutt/sherlock.git

Step 6: Go to the repository of sherlock using cd sherlock command.

cd sherlock

Step 7: Now create a go.mod file to manage sherlock files in termux by using go mod init sherlock command.

go mod init sherlock

Step 8: Install dependencies for sherlock by typing go get github.com/faith/color && go get github.com/spf13/cobra in termux.

go get github.com/faith/color && go get github.com/spf13/cobra

Step 9: Now compile all the dependencies and files of sherlock using go build command.

go build

Step 10: Now we can run sherlock using ./sherlock command.

./sherlock

We have successfully installed sherlock in termux. It can take some time to load the files depending on the phone processor and internet speed. Make sure that you are connected to the internet. After installing sherlock in termux we will see how to use sherlock for information gathering.

How To Use Sherlock In Termux?

Using Sherlock in termux is as easy as updating the termux. After the complete installation of the sherlock you need to get a username of a person on which you want to try information gathering. Follow the below steps to use sherlock in termux:

Command 1: The first thing you need to do is to get the username of the person and type it like ./sherlock [username]. Change [username] with your own choice. This will start showing the results of that username on different platforms.

./sherlock [username]

Command 2: If you want to list only those usernames that exist you need to type ./sherlock [username] -i command in termux.

./sherlock [username] -i

You use the usernames through different formats to get more results.

How To Install Sherlock In Termux Using A Single Command?

We can also install sherlock in termux just by combining all these commands and making it a single command. Type apt update && apt upgrade -y && pkg install git -y && pkg install golang -y && git clone https://github.com/mesuutt/sherlock.git && cd sherlock && go mod init sherlock && go get github.com/fatih/color && go get github.com/spf13/cobra && go build && ./sherlock in termux to install sherlock in a single command.

apt update && apt upgrade -y && pkg install git -y && pkg install golang -y && git clone https://github.com/mesuutt/sherlock.git && cd sherlock && go mod init sherlock && go get github.com/fatih/color && go get github.com/spf13/cobra && go build && ./sherlock

This command will install sherlock in termux shortly. It will take a little more time to install so please be patient.

How to remove Sherlock From termux?

If You want to remove sherlock from termux completely you need to navigate to the home directory by typing cd command and then rm -rf sherlock to remove sherlock from termux.

rm -rf sherlock

This command is reversible it does not create any backup or any other data of sherlock in termux.

Conclusion:

Sherlock is an awesome tool for information gathering. talking about it’s features this tool can search upto 150 social media platforms and gives results through an easy way. Other tools like Phoneinfoga is good when you have phone number but this tool can find a person just by his uername. I hope you have understand this article. If you have any query related to this article, Just tell me in the comments. Thanks for reading.

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