Re: Nmap not updated in Debian?

["DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest () gmail com>]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Fyodor <> wrote:
> 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

I had a Debian VM that didn't have nmap or alien installed on it, so
here is the output from getting all of that done.

I have run nmap from the rmp2deb process a few times on my laptop, but
not Zenmap.  I do most of my scanning while SSH'd into a scanner from
a Windows box, so Zenmap isn't ideal.

Since gmail would butcher the output with line-wrapping, I am
attaching it as a text file.

The text is the bulk of the work and the png is the screenshot of me
verifying that Zenmap got updated, too.

I'ved added notes so you know what I am doing.

-Jason

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