dropbearconvert is located in an undocumented directory

[Uqbar]

dropbearconvert is a binary tool needed to convert OpenSSH keys in the format needed by dropbear.
Currently dropbearconvert is installed in /usr/lib/dropbear instead of a more usual /usr/bin or /bin.
Please, either install that binary or create a symlink in a more usual directory.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: dropbear 2011.54-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.31-lowlatency 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 7 09:26:28 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
SourcePackage: dropbear
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

None noticed this?

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

As of 12.10 dropbearconvert is still in /usr/lib/dropbear.
Moreover, there's no man page!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

C'mon guys! 3 years and a half for this stupid bug!
The workaround is a symlink away:

    ln -s /usr/lib/dropbear/dropbearconvert /usr/bin

And you can even skip the manpage file if this is too much work for you!

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

14.04, 15.10 and current 16.04 are all affected!!!

[vvhk (vvhk-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Indeed, the utillity is in /usr/lib/dropbear/.

[Remy van Elst (raymii)]

Still in Ubuntu 18.04

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

Very likely it will be there as long as there will be someone to fix this bug.
Because it's a bug.
Either a documentation bug or a packaging one.
In my opinion, that binary should belong to /usr/bin.

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

7 years later...

[Sergey Ponomarev (stokito)]

The issue can be closed:

    ~$ ll /usr/lib/dropbear/dropbearconvert
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jun 10 2023 /usr/lib/dropbear/dropbearconvert -> ../../bin/dropbearconvert*
    ~$ ll /usr/bin/dropbearconvert
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 47632 Jun 10 2023 /usr/bin/dropbearconvert*

[Uqbar (uqbar)]

IS there any reason for making a relative symlink instead of an absolute one?