fgarcia0x0/pev

The PE file analysis toolkit

pev

Open source, full-featured, multiplatform command line toolkit to work with PE (Portable Executables) binaries.

How to get the source code

git clone --recursive https://github.com/merces/pev.git

How to build on Linux

cd pev
make

NOTE: You may need to install OpenSSL using your package manager. Examples:

apt install libssl-dev
yum install openssl-devel

How to build on macOS

cd pev
CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include/" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/" make

NOTE: You may need to install OpenSSL and PCRE via Homebrew:

brew update
brew install openssl

How to build on Windows (via Cygwin)

cd pev
make
make zip

NOTE: The following packages must be installed along with your Cygwin:

• gcc-core
• binutils
• make
• zip
• openssl-devel
• git (just to clone the repository and make things easier)

FAQ

I get a fatal error: 'openssl/evp.h' file not found. How can I fix that?

Please install OpenSSL for your system. Use a package manager to make things easier. If you're compiling pev in macOS, make sure you've set both CFLAGS and LDFLAGS environment variables according.

I get the one of the following errors when trying to compile with make command:

$ make
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'all'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/pev/lib/libpe'
make: *** [Makefile:9: all] Error 2

$ make
cd lib/libpe && /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/make all
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `all'.  Stop.
make: *** [all] Error 2

It seems libpe is missing. Have you forgot the --recursive switch of git clone command? Anyway, download libpe source code, put it in the right directoy and try again:

cd pev/lib
rmdir libpe
git clone https://github.com/merces/libpe.git
cd ..
make

Please check the online documentation for more details.