I did try "lynx -source http://install.nessus.org | sh" in a console window, and got:
The command 'flex' was not found in your $PATH. Please isntall it and try again. I just downloaded flex-2.5.4a.tar.gz did: gunzip flex-2.5.4a.tar.gz tar xvf flex-2.5.4a.tar cd flex-2.5.4a ./configure make All as root. Should I have installed in a specific directory? When I reran the nessus-scrip command mensioned above, it got the same message: lynx -source http://install.nessus.org | sh The command 'flex' was not found in your $PATH. Any suggestions? Thank you very much for helping, but the way! --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:57:59 -0700 (PDT) > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Mandrake install > issue > To: Brian Kantar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
