Re: Nmap not updated in Debian?

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:59:29PM -0500, DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> I just did some testing on my Ubuntu system.  You can download the
> RPMs and use alien to convert them to Deb packages and they install
> just fine.

Good tip!  That is no replacement for trying to get the distributions
to stay up to date, but it is still a valuable technique for
Debian/Ubuntu users to get the very latest Nmap!  The distros will
always lag at least a little bit behind nmap.org on releases.  Well,
unless they start building their own "releases" from our SVN before we
do :).

Can you send to the list a step-by-step description of what you did to
install Nmap/Ncat/Nping/Zenmap using the RPMs and Alian?  Please
include the command and screen output for each step.  Please mention
what platform/distribution you're on.  If you happen to know steps
which vary based on the distro, please include that.  Then I'll refine
the instructions into Docbook XML and add it to the Debian/Ubuntu
section of the Nmap Install Guide:

http://nmap.org/book/inst-linux.html#inst-debian

Have you tested Nmap and Zenmap and related tools installed with this
technique very much yet?

Cheers,
Fyodor
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