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RuntimeError: Something is wrong with executable "/usr/share/apktool" (GNU/Linux)

See original GitHub issue

Prerequisites

Before opening this issue, I tried the following steps:

Installed the tool in a way described in the readme and ran python3 -m obfuscapk.cli --help without any errors
Ran the tool using only Rebuild, NewSignature and NewAlignment obfuscators to verify that the app is not using anti-repackaging techniques
Ran the tool using --ignore-libs flag to exclude third party libraries from the obfuscation
Checked FAQ and troubleshooting
Checked for existing similar issues on GitHub

Description

unable to find why or what is causing this error.

┌─[root@parrot-sec]─[/home/USER/Obfuscapk/src]
└──╼ #python3 -m obfuscapk.cli -p -w /home/USER/temp working dir/ -d /home/USER/obfuscated.apk -o ConstStringEncryption -o Nop -o Goto -o RandomManifest -o Rebuild -o NewSignature -o NewAlignment /home/USER/Obf testing.apk

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/home/USER/Obfuscapk/src/obfuscapk/cli.py", line 177, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/USER/Obfuscapk/src/obfuscapk/cli.py", line 131, in main
    check_external_tool_dependencies()
  File "/home/USER/Obfuscapk/src/obfuscapk/main.py", line 40, in check_external_tool_dependencies
    Apktool()
  File "/home/USER/Obfuscapk/src/obfuscapk/tool.py", line 28, in __init__
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Something is wrong with executable "/usr/share/apktool"