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Import error in Python 3.6 with sudo?

I have written a program that uses Scapy. Python is able to import the scapy module perfectly but using sniff function of scapy requires running the program as administrator. However, running the program as sudo python3 <program_name> produces an import error, why is it so?

Here is the import line : import scapy.all as scapy

Solution

  • As using python3, I would recommend

    sudo python3 -m pip install scapy

    Of course pyenv works too I'd you're familiar with it.