You can install the Nessus server on Unix- and Linux-compatible systems. The easiest way to install Nessus is to run the following command:
[notroot]$ lynx -source http://install.nessus.org | sh
This command downloads the file served by http://install.nessus.org/ and runs it using
the sh
interpreter. If you want to see the
contents of the file that is executed, simply point your web browser
to http://install.nessus.org/.
If you don’t want to run a shell script from a web
site, issue the build commands yourself. Nessus source code is
available at http://nessus.org/download/. First, install
nessus-libraries
:
[notroot]$tar zxvf nessus-libraries-x.y.z.tar.gz
[notroot]$cd nessus-libraries
[notroot]$./configure
[notroot]make
[root]#make install
Next, install libnasl
:
[notroot]$tar zxvf libnasl-x.y.z.tar.gz
[notroot]$cd libnasl
[notroot]$./configure
[notroot]$make
[root]#make install
[root]#ldconfig
Then, install nessus-core
:
[notroot]$tar zxvf nessus-core.x.y.z.tar.gz
[notroot]$cd nessus-core [notroot]$ ./configure
[notroot]$make
[root]#make install
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