This short page will explain you how to install Nessus on a Unix-like system, like Linux. This is pretty straightforward : Nessus compilation : To compile Nessus, you need to download the latest distribution available here. You should have these four files :

• nessus-libraries-x.x.tar.gz
• libnasl-x.x.tar.gz
• nessus-core.x.x.tar.gz
• nessus-plugins.x.x.tar.gz

Installing nessus-libraries

Compiling nessus-libraries is a simple operation :

cd nessus-libraries
./configure 

If you plan to only use the Java or Windows client, then you do not need the cipher layer, so you can add the --disable-cipher option to configure :

./configure --disable-cipher

Then, do :

make

After this, execute this command as root :

make install

This is straightforward :

cd libnasl
./configure
make 

And as root, do :

make install

Then, that's it ! Nessus is installed on your system. See the demonstration for further informations about the use of Nessus

If something went wrong

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