Bug in Kali linux

[dxxzero]

If I install pwntools through pip install and want to run

from pwn import *

r = remote('aaa', 11)

I receive following error:

File "/root/Downloads/qwe.py", line 2, in <module>
    from pwn import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwn/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .toplevel import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwn/toplevel.py", line 20, in <module>
    import pwnlib
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    importlib.import_module('.%s' % module, 'pwnlib')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/args.py", line 10, in <module>
    from . import term
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/term/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import completer
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/term/completer.py", line 4, in <module>
    from . import readline
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/term/readline.py", line 4, in <module>
    from . import text
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/term/text.py", line 115, in <module>
    sys.modules[__name__] = Module()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/term/text.py", line 26, in __init__
    self.num_colors = termcap.get('colors', default = 8)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pwnlib/term/termcap.py", line 25, in get
    s = curses.tigetstr(cap)
_curses.error: must call (at least) setupterm() first

How can I fix this?
I am running kali linux 2.2016

[zachriggle]

Works fine for me, I can't reproduce this. I expect it's an issue on your side.

$ docker run -t -i kalilinux/kali-linux-docker /bin/dash
# apt-get update

# apt-get install python2.7 python-pip python-dev git libssl-dev lsb-release

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Kali
Description:	Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release:	kali-rolling
Codename:	kali-rolling

# uname -a
Linux 405faad8b244 4.4.20-moby #1 SMP Thu Sep 15 12:10:20 UTC 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# pip install --upgrade pwntools

# cat >test.py <<EOF
from pwn import *
r = remote('google.com', 80)
EOF

# python test.py
[+] Opening connection to google.com on port 80: Done
[*] Closed connection to google.com port 80

# python test.py NOTERM
[x] Opening connection to google.com on port 80
[x] Opening connection to google.com on port 80: Trying 216.58.192.238
[+] Opening connection to google.com on port 80: Done
[*] Closed connection to google.com port 80

[alicio-ctf]

Same error with pycharm on kali-linux. Workaroud is to define environment variables for run configuration:

TERM=linux
TERMINFO=/etc/terminfo

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9485699/setupterm-could-not-find-terminal-in-python-program-using-curses/21571407#21571407