The answer to my question was only a repetition of my report: "You need to install the dependencies for reportbug before you can use it."
Is there a special reason that all the dependencies for reportbug aren't installed by default with Debian 12 or Debian 13.
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which was filed against the reportbug package:
#1114456: reportbug: After a fresh Debian 12 or 13 install, reportbug remarks that it requires gir1.2-vte*
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