Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) missing packages python3-lief, jadx and dex2jar

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While the Noble is not supported yet. The installer.sh -D aborts on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) because three print_tool_info calls reference packages dropped from Noble's archive. The helper

emba/installer/helpers.sh

Lines 49 to 122 in a1dacfb

	print_tool_info() {
	echo -e "\\n""${ORANGE}""${BOLD}""${1:-}""${NC}"
	local lPKG_NAME="$1"
	# If we are on RHEL and the 4th argument is provided, use it as the package name
	if [[ "${RHEL_OS}" -eq 1 ]] && [[ -n "${4:-}" ]]; then
	lPKG_NAME="$4"
	fi
	local lTOOL_INFO=""
	local lIS_INSTALLED=0
	if [[ "${RHEL_OS}" -eq 1 ]]; then
	lTOOL_INFO="$(dnf info "${lPKG_NAME}" 2>/dev/null)"
	else
	lTOOL_INFO="$(apt show "${lPKG_NAME}" 2>/dev/null)"
	fi
	if [[ -n "${lTOOL_INFO}" ]]; then
	local lDESC=""
	lDESC="$(echo "${lTOOL_INFO}" | grep -E "^Description[[:space:]]*:" | head -n 1 || true)"
	if [[ -n "${lDESC}" ]]; then
	echo -e "${lDESC}"
	fi
	local lSIZE=""
	if [[ "${RHEL_OS}" -eq 1 ]]; then
	lSIZE=$(echo "${lTOOL_INFO}" | grep -E "^Size[[:space:]]*:" | cut -d: -f2 | head -n 1 || true)
	else
	lSIZE=$(echo "${lTOOL_INFO}" | grep "Download-Size" | cut -d: -f2 || true)
	fi
	if [[ -n "${lSIZE}" ]]; then
	echo -e "Download-Size:${lSIZE}"
	fi
	local lCOMMAND_=""
	if [[ -n ${3+x} ]]; then
	lCOMMAND_="${3:-}"
	else
	lCOMMAND_="${lPKG_NAME}"
	fi
	if (command -v "${lCOMMAND_}" >/dev/null); then
	lIS_INSTALLED=1
	elif [[ "${RHEL_OS}" -eq 1 ]]; then
	if rpm -q "${lPKG_NAME}" &>/dev/null; then lIS_INSTALLED=1; fi
	else
	if (dpkg -s "${lPKG_NAME}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "Status: install ok installed"); then lIS_INSTALLED=1; fi
	fi
	if [[ "${lIS_INSTALLED}" -eq 1 ]]; then
	local lUPDATE_AVAILABLE=0
	if [[ "${RHEL_OS}" -eq 1 ]]; then
	dnf check-update "${lPKG_NAME}" &>/dev/null
	[[ $? -eq 100 ]] && lUPDATE_AVAILABLE=1
	else
	local lUPDATE=0
	lUPDATE=$(LANG=en apt-cache policy "${lPKG_NAME}" | grep -i install | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d "^[:blank:]" | uniq | wc -l)
	[[ "${lUPDATE}" -ne 1 ]] && lUPDATE_AVAILABLE=1
	fi
	if [[ "${lUPDATE_AVAILABLE}" -eq 1 ]]; then
	echo -e "${ORANGE}""${1:-}"" will be updated.""${NC}"
	INSTALL_APP_LIST+=("${lPKG_NAME}")
	else
	echo -e "${GREEN}""${1:-}"" won't be updated.""${NC}"
	fi
	else
	echo -e "${ORANGE}""${1:-}"" will be newly installed.""${NC}"
	INSTALL_APP_LIST+=("${lPKG_NAME}")
	fi
	else
	echo -e "${RED}""${1:-}"" is not available in repositories - installation can't proceed.""${NC}"
	exit 1

runs apt show, gets empty output, and exit 1s. Affected lines (pinned to commit
a1dacfb, tag v2.0.1-interactor, also present on master):

• python3-lief —

  emba/installer/IP61_unblob.sh

  Line 51 in a1dacfb

  print_tool_info "python3-lief" 1

• jadx —

  emba/installer/I17_apk_checks.sh

  Line 23 in a1dacfb

  print_tool_info "jadx" 1

• dex2jar —

  emba/installer/I17_apk_checks.sh

  Line 24 in a1dacfb

  print_tool_info "dex2jar" 1

Noble has been Ubuntu's current LTS since April 2024; Jammy's standard support ends April 2027. Downstream consumers building EMBA container images on the current LTS need this path to work.

Describe the solution you'd like

1. python3-lief — delete the line. Every consumer in the same file is already commented out upstream, so it's an orphaned dependency on every distro.
2. jadx / dex2jar — either gate behind an UBUNTU_VERSION check, or install from the official GitHub releases. Both ship prebuilt archives:

jadx — resolve latest release via /releases/latest redirect

RUN set -eux; \
JADX_TAG=$(basename "$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' \
https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/latest)"); \
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/skylot/jadx/releases/download/${JADX_TAG}/jadx-${JADX_TAG#v}.zip" -o /tmp/jadx.zip; \
unzip -q /tmp/jadx.zip -d /opt/jadx; \
ln -s /opt/jadx/bin/jadx /usr/local/bin/jadx; \
rm /tmp/jadx.zip

dex2jar — pinned (last release 2023-10, no churn)

ARG DEX2JAR_VERSION=2.4
RUN set -eux; \
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/pxb1988/dex2jar/releases/download/v${DEX2JAR_VERSION}/dex-tools-v${DEX2JAR_VERSION}.zip" -o /tmp/d2j.zip; \
unzip -q /tmp/d2j.zip -d /tmp/d2j; \
mv "/tmp/d2j/dex-tools-v${DEX2JAR_VERSION}" /opt/dex2jar; \
chmod +x /opt/dex2jar/*.sh; \
ln -s /opt/dex2jar/d2j-dex2jar.sh /usr/local/bin/d2j-dex2jar; \
rm -rf /tmp/d2j.zip /tmp/d2j

2. Both require a JRE at runtime, which EMBA's installer already pulls in.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Switch downstream base image to kalilinux/kali-rolling (matches https://github.com/e-m-b-a/emba/blob/a1dacfb45b6c3ec74569fbadc249319629a1d09a/Dockerfile) - cannot use kali
• Downstream sed patches (our current workaround).

Priority issue

Are you already a Sponsor? — N

Additional context

Reproducer on a clean host:
docker run --rm -it ubuntu:24.04 bash
apt-get update && apt-get install -y git sudo curl ca-certificates cpio unzip p7zip-full build-essential python3 python3-pip python3-dev
git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.0.1-interactor https://github.com/e-m-b-a/emba /emba
cd /emba && bash ./installer.sh -D

Aborts at print_tool_info "python3-lief"; subsequent runs abort at jadx, then dex2jar.

[m-1-k-3]

installer.sh -D is only for building the docker base image. The complete installer is not capable of installing all the needed dependencies on a plain Ubuntu as the base image is using a Kali linux. So, please use -d instead or build your own docker image based on Kali

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