what does it say if you do: dpkg -l nmap just curious if you testing the beta version of nmap in devel.
home/user # dpkg -l nmap Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==================-==================-==================================================== ii nmap 5.59BETA1 Command line open-source network and security scanni