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0009079Kali LinuxKali Package Improvementpublic2025-12-23 07:33
Reporterincanato Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionopen 
Summary0009079: Invalid - Error in desktopconfig.py / Invalid - Error install reconspider
Description

This happens when I tried to install reconspider

┌─(root㉿kali)-[~]
└─# apt install reconspider
Installing:
reconspider

Installing dependencies:
h8mail python3-gmplot python3-ip2proxy python3-nmap python3-pythonping

Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 6, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Download size: 13.1 MB
Space needed: 391 MB / 53.7 GB available

Continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:2 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 h8mail all 2.5.6-0kali1 [25.1 kB]
Get:3 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 python3-gmplot all 1.4.1-1 [130 kB]
Get:6 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 reconspider all 1.0.7-0kali2 [12.9 MB]
Get:1 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 python3-nmap all 0.7.1-0.2 [25.5 kB]
Get:4 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 python3-ip2proxy all 3.4.0-0kali1 [10.4 kB]
Get:5 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 python3-pythonping all 1.1.4-0kali1 [14.3 kB]
Fetched 13.1 MB in 1s (8,807 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package python3-nmap.
(Reading database ... 468384 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-python3-nmap_0.7.1-0.2_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-nmap (0.7.1-0.2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package h8mail.
Preparing to unpack .../1-h8mail_2.5.6-0kali1_all.deb ...
Unpacking h8mail (2.5.6-0kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package python3-gmplot.
Preparing to unpack .../2-python3-gmplot_1.4.1-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-gmplot (1.4.1-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package python3-ip2proxy.
Preparing to unpack .../3-python3-ip2proxy_3.4.0-0kali1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-ip2proxy (3.4.0-0kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package python3-pythonping.
Preparing to unpack .../4-python3-pythonping_1.1.4-0kali1_all.deb ...
Unpacking python3-pythonping (1.1.4-0kali1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package reconspider.
Preparing to unpack .../5-reconspider_1.0.7-0kali2all.deb ...
Unpacking reconspider (1.0.7-0kali2) ...
Setting up h8mail (2.5.6-0kali1) ...
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/h8mail/utils/url.py:19: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '('
"http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-
@.&+]|[!(), ]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+",
Setting up python3-nmap (0.7.1-0.2) ...
Setting up python3-ip2proxy (3.4.0-0kali1) ...
Setting up python3-pythonping (1.1.4-0kali1) ...
Setting up python3-gmplot (1.4.1-1) ...
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gmplot/utility.py:352: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '('
'(.
)', # Matches whatever makes up the type, like: '''((float, float))'''
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gmplot/utility.py:461: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '['
match = re.match('![image]((.*))', line, flags=re.DOTALL)
Setting up reconspider (1.0.7-0kali2) ...
/usr/share/reconspider/plugins/webosint/who/whoami.py:8: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '.'
ip = re.compile('(([2][5][0-5].)|([2][0-4][0-9].)|([0-1]?[0-9]?[0-9].)){3}'
/usr/share/reconspider/reconspider.py:4: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '_'
return ("""
Processing triggers for kali-menu (2025.1.1) ...

┌──(root㉿kali)-[~]

########## After removing all the previous packages, I tried to reinstall python3, then this happen

┌──(root㉿kali)-[~]
└─# apt reinstall python3
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Reinstalling: 1, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Download size: 27.9 kB
Space needed: 0 B / 53.7 GB available

Get:1 http://kali.download/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 python3 amd64 3.12.8-1 [27.9 kB]
Fetched 27.9 kB in 1s (24.7 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 468384 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../python3_3.12.8-1_amd64.deb ...
running python pre-rtupdate hooks for python3.12...
Unpacking python3 (3.12.8-1) over (3.12.8-1) ...
Setting up python3 (3.12.8-1) ...
running python rtupdate hooks for python3.12...
/usr/share/kali-undercover/scripts/desktopconfig.py:274: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
if re.match('^' + fallback_monitor + '[^/\s]+$', pp):
/usr/share/kali-undercover/scripts/desktopconfig.py:279: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\d'
w = re.search('^/backdrop/screen\d/monitor[^/]+/workspace\d/', pp)
running python post-rtupdate hooks for python3.12...
Processing triggers for kali-menu (2025.1.1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.11.2) ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.0-1) ...

┌──(root㉿kali)-[~]
└─#

Activities

kali-bugreport

kali-bugreport

2025-01-26 06:54

reporter   ~0020293

Those are "Warnings", no errors :-)

Guess reconspider needs a bug report here: https://github.com/bhavsec/reconspider/issues

desktopconfig is duplicate of 0008946

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2025-12-23 07:33

administrator   ~0021158

This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-01-26 01:58 incanato New Issue
2025-01-26 06:54 kali-bugreport Note Added: 0020293
2025-12-23 07:33 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0021158
2025-12-23 07:33 g0tmi1k Status new => closed