0009395: Whatweb cannot run - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009395	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2025-11-09 14:46	2025-11-17 13:19

Reporter	QAQKBT	Assigned To	sbrun
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	assigned	Resolution	open

Summary	0009395: Whatweb cannot run
Description	When I run "whatweb -h", it doesn't work. ''' whatweb -h /usr/bin/whatweb:257:in `require_relative': cannot load such file -- /usr/bin/lib/messages (LoadError) from /usr/bin/whatweb:257:in`<main>' '''

kali-bugreport 2025-11-09 16:06 reporter ~0020943	Seems to have been already reported to the developers of that tool: https://github.com/urbanadventurer/WhatWeb/issues/428

sbrun 2025-11-17 13:19 manager ~0020950	I reported the issue to Debian as the package is provided by Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1120842

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2025-11-09 14:46	QAQKBT	New Issue
2025-11-09 16:06	kali-bugreport	Note Added: 0020943
2025-11-17 13:19	sbrun	Assigned To	=> sbrun
2025-11-17 13:19	sbrun	Status	new => assigned
2025-11-17 13:19	sbrun	Note Added: 0020950