Fix for: Unable to locate package Nessus

repack-nessus-for-debian.log

root@kali:~/packages$ tail /root/live-build-config/build.log
P: Begin installing packages (install pass)...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Unable to locate package Nessus
P: Begin unmounting filesystems...
P: Saving caches...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
root@kali:~/packages$ dpkg -I Nessus-6.10.5-debian6_amd64.deb
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 45685320 bytes: control archive=1411 bytes.
     279 bytes,    11 lines      control
    1565 bytes,    49 lines   *  postinst             #!/bin/bash
     383 bytes,    14 lines   *  postrm               #!/bin/bash
     752 bytes,    23 lines   *  preinst              #!/bin/bash
     168 bytes,     7 lines   *  prerm                #!/bin/bash
      91 bytes,     4 lines      shlibs
 # https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Source
 # " Package names (both source and binary, see Package, Section 5.6.7) must consist only of lower case letters (a-z), digits (0-9), plus (+) and minus (-) signs, and periods (.). They must be at least two characters long and must start with an alphanumeric character. "
 # We need to make the Nessus all lowercase
 Package: Nessus
 Version: 6.10.5
 Section:
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: amd64
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
 Installed-Size: 31886
 Maintainer: Mr. Packages <mrpackage@nessus.org>
 Description: Nessus Scanner
 Conflicts: nessusd (<< 3.0)
 Replaces: nessusd (<< 3.0)
root@kali:~/packages$ mkdir temp
root@kali:~/packages$ dpkg-deb --raw-extract Nessus-6.10.5-debian6_amd64.deb temp
root@kali:~/packages$ ls temp
DEBIAN  etc  opt
root@kali:~/packages$ sed "s/Package: Nessus/Package: nessus/" -i temp/DEBIAN/control
root@kali:~/packages$ dpkg-deb -b temp nessus.deb
dpkg-deb: building package 'nessus' in 'nessus.deb'.

root@kali:~/packages$ dpkg -I nessus_6.10.5_amd64.deb
 new debian package, version 2.0.
 size 35321922 bytes: control archive=1429 bytes.
     279 bytes,    11 lines      control
    1565 bytes,    49 lines   *  postinst             #!/bin/bash
     383 bytes,    14 lines   *  postrm               #!/bin/bash
     752 bytes,    23 lines   *  preinst              #!/bin/bash
     168 bytes,     7 lines   *  prerm                #!/bin/bash
      91 bytes,     4 lines      shlibs
 # Voila!
 Package: nessus
 Version: 6.10.5
 Section:
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: amd64
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
 Installed-Size: 31886
 Maintainer: Mr. Packages <mrpackage@nessus.org>
 Description: Nessus Scanner
 Conflicts: nessusd (<< 3.0)
 Replaces: nessusd (<< 3.0)
root@kali:~/packages$