This is an early junior System Administrator guide to install nmap security scanner. That we will use for the upcoming nmap tutorials.
This is a how to that installs the old version nmap 5.51 go to the yum totorial How to create a local yum repo CentOS 6.x / RHEL 6.x to learn how to install nmap 6.40-1
Just run the command:
sudo yum install nmap -y
[c-johsor@sesstl168 tmp]$ sudo yum install nmap -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 8746. Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... The other application is: PackageKit Memory : 35 M RSS (1.4 GB VSZ) Started: Thu Mar 13 00:29:53 2014 - 00:05 ago State : Sleeping, pid: 8746 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: ftp.availo.se * extras: ftp.availo.se * updates: mirror.easyspeedy.com Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package nmap.x86_64 2:5.51-3.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ======================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: nmap x86_64 2:5.51-3.el6 base 2.7 M Transaction Summary ======================================================================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package(s) Total download size: 2.7 M Installed size: 9.7 M Downloading Packages: nmap-5.51-3.el6.x86_64.rpm | 2.7 MB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : 2:nmap-5.51-3.el6.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : 2:nmap-5.51-3.el6.x86_64 1/1 Installed: nmap.x86_64 2:5.51-3.el6 Complete! [c-johsor@sesstl168 tmp]$
[c-johsor@sesstl168 tmp]$ nmap -version Nmap version 5.51 ( http://nmap.org ) [c-johsor@sesstl168 tmp]$
Finished
These are the nmap tutorials up to date: