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office2john: Emit a user-friendly message about missing olefile module #5934

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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions run/office2john.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# This software is Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Dhiru Kholia <dhiru at openwall.com>
# and Copyright (c) 2013-2025 magnum,
# and Copyright (c) 2013-2026 magnum,
# and is hereby released to the general public under the following terms:
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted.

from olefile import isOleFile, OleFileIO
import sys
import os

try:
from olefile import isOleFile, OleFileIO
except ImportError:
print(f"{os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])}: olefile python module is missing, please install your distro's", file=sys.stderr)
print("package, eg. 'sudo apt-get install python3-olefile' if available, otherwise", file=sys.stderr)
print("'pip install --user olefile' (activate your venv if you already did that)", file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(1)

PY3 = sys.version_info[0] == 3

if not PY3:
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