Bulk Extractor GUI not starting

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Kari Smith

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Aug 18, 2026, 8:12:50 AM (5 days ago) Aug 18
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Hello,
We have BitCurator installed on a native Ubuntu machine.  When we select Bulk Extractor from the menu, it doesn't start. Is there a preliminary step we are missing?   

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Kam Woods

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Aug 18, 2026, 9:48:44 AM (5 days ago) Aug 18
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Hi Kari,

The bulk_extractor GUI was removed by the developer starting with the 2.0.0 release back in 2022. In current version of BitCurator, the bulk_extractor menu item should open the help for bulk_extractor CLI in a new terminal window. If *that* is not happening, there could be something wrong with your installation. What version of Ubuntu are you using? What release of BitCurator do you have installed? If you open a terminal and type "bulk_extractor", what happens?

Kam

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