FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: b'liblibc.a'

Question

import scapy.all as scapy
def scan(ip):
    scapy.arping(ip)
scan("192.168.196.0")

Above error when using scapy for arping python version 3.9.1

user_14915776 · Answer

cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
ln -s -f libc.a liblibc.a

This creates a symbolic link to accommodate for the renamed file in python 3.9.