I would use the nessus-installer script before anything. How was your success with that?
-Rob --- Brian Kantar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would LOVE an esier way to isntall Nessus. I went > the site listed and chose "Source Contrib:..." and > attmepted to enter the proveded command line into a > console window as Root. (I'm running 8.2, by the > way, > and I did choose 8.2 on the top of the window). Here > is what I got: > > Base class package "URPM" is empty. > (perhaps you need to "use' the module which > defines that package first) > at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/urpm.pm line 5 > BEGIN failed--compiliation aborted at > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/6.5.1/urpm.pm line 5. > Complilation failed in require at > /usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia line 22. > BEGIN failed--compilation aboured at > /usr/sbin/urpmi.addmedia line 22. > > Siighhhh, any ideas?? > > THANK YOU!! > > > > > --- Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:16:09 +0200 > > From: Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: nessus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Mandrake install issue > > > > On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 11:35:47 -0700 (PDT) > > Brian Kantar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > OK... I AM having problems and I'm sure a lot of > > it is > > > being caused by me... I'm have downloaded the > > files > > > you have suggested, and am having problems > > installing > > > them. But, what may solve the Nessus install is > > > editing my $PATH, however, I can't seem to find > > it. > > > Can someone help me edit my $PATH? I have found > > some > > > links on Google, but they didn't help. > > > > if you want to put the /usr/local/bin in your path > > (thta's what you want?), > > then you can simply do: > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin > > But that will only work on the shell login you run > > that on, and will be gone > > at the next login. > > You can put this in your /home/user/.bashrc > though. > > Where exactly are you stuck in the install now? > It's > > a bit confusing to me. > > > > But aren't you making things a bit hard on > yourself? > > Installing from source > > isn't the easy route. > > You can install nessus from mandrake contribs far > > more easier. > > Just head over to: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ > > Select a contrib source for mdk 9.1, select your > > favourite mirror (one nearby) > > and it will give you an urpmi.addmedia command to > > run as root. > > Then run: urpmi nessus > > That should install nessus 1.2.6 from contribs. > > It's far more easier then installing from source. > > > > > --- "Steve.Casey" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: "Steve.Casey" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "nessus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: Mandrake install issue > > > > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 16:13:21 -0500 > > > > > > > > All, > > > > You are probably having the same frustrations > I > > did. > > > > I'm also running > > > > Mandrake 9.1 and had issues as well. As I > tried > > > > installing nessus, I'd come > > > > across errors that "neither lex nor flex are > > > > installed..." and all the rest. > > > > I searched the web and installed the > following: > > > > > > > > gtk-2.2.2 > > > > gtkdev-1.2.6 > > > > atk > > > > bison > > > > glibdev-1.2.6-1 > > > > tiff-v3.5.7 > > > > pango 1.2.4 > > > > gimp 1.3.18 > > > > (you NEED the dev versions mentioned above) > > > > > > > > after all these were installed, I finally got > > nessus > > > > to install and compile. > > > > I managed to start nessus: > > > > $nessusd -D > > > > > > > > and (took me forever to figure this out) > started > > the > > > > console (the manual > > > > doesn't say how) > > > > $nessus > > > > > > > > I had to create a certificate just so my > windows > > > > client would connect. I > > > > still have a long way to go for configuring > and > > > > using, but it is running and > > > > functional. HTH > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > > design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Marcel Pol > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
