George A. Theall wrote:
> Contact the Debian package maintainer(s) -- the packages
appear broken.
For the record: he contacted me (the Debian package maintainer)
directly through e-mail and it turns out that he was mixing a local
installation (build from source) and the Debian packages. The solution
to his issue was easy, quoting here in case it is of use for others:
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a) Purge all the Nessus packages (dpkg --purge) (Warning: this will
remove any configuration you made of the packages, might want to
backup /etc/nessus and /var/lib/nessus first to preserver data)
b) Make sure there is nothing associated with Nessus under
/etc/nessus/, /usr/local/share, /usr/include, /usr/local/etc,
/usr/local/include, /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin. Look for
traces of the old Nessus installation (should be all under
/usr/local/). Remove anything associated with Nessus in those directories.
c) Reinstall the Nessus packages.
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Please, for all Debian users reading the list. The proper way to
submit bugs related to the Debian Nessus packages is to use the Debian
Bug Tracking System (http://bugs.debian.org)
Currently, the BTS entries for the Nessus packages can be browsed at:
http://bugs.debian.org/nessus - For the Nessus client (the GTK GUI)
http://bugs.debian.org/nessusd - For the Nessus server
http://bugs.debian.org/nessus-plugins - For the Nessus plugins
http://bugs.debian.org/libnasl - For the NASL library
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?src=nessus-libraries -
For the Nessus libraries
You might want to browse those before submitting a bug just in case it
has been reported before.
That's the correct way to submit bugs to Debian, if you are a Debian
user please use that instead of the list as I might not notice it.
There's also some specifics to the packages that might difer from the
default Nessus installation (Nessus stuff is installed in /usr and
/var instead of in /usr/local) that might confuse longstanding Nessus
users in the list.
Regards
Javier
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