KaliTools

Software that worked:

• cowpatty
• webshells
• wifi-honey

Software that did not work:

• nishang
• powerfuzzer
• rtlsdr-scanner

Process:

• Pick a program to install
• Contents of source from git.kali.org repos goes into dist/ folder
  • Inside each repo, there is usually a debian folder. This can be used to make a .deb package
  • Some programs are just fancified Python scripts and have no debian/ directory
• Make dpkg package with dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
• Go to parent directory cd ..
• Install the .deb file that resulted, dpkg -i mypackage.deb
• Check you can see the package through aptitude: apt-get install mypackage should say you have it installed
• Upgrade to the latest, apt-get upgrade mypackage

Some confusion over the Debian Directory was cleared up by reading the documentation of dpkg-buildpackage.