Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.0-1685

Chapter 16. Networking Utilities

Nmap-7.94

Introduction to Nmap

Nmap is a utility for network exploration and security auditing. It supports ping scanning, port scanning and TCP/IP fingerprinting.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.1 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.94.tar.bz2

  • Download MD5 sum: 4f65e08148d1eaac6b1a1482e7185e1d

  • Download size: 11 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 138 MB (add 17 MB for tests)

  • Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 0.1 SBU for tests)

Nmap Dependencies

Recommended

[Note]

Note

These packages are recommended because if they're not installed, the build process will compile and link against its own (often older) version.

liblinear-247, libpcap-1.10.4, libssh2-1.11.0, Lua-5.4.6, PCRE-8.45, and PyGObject-3.46.0

Optional

libdnet

Installation of Nmap

Install Nmap by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check as the root user. Tests need a graphical session.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: ncat, ndiff, nmap, nping, uninstall_ndiff, uninstall_zenmap, zenmap, and 2 symlinks to zenmap: nmapfe and xnmap
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/{radialnet,zenmapCore,zenmapGUI,zenmap-7.94-py3.12.egg-info}, and /usr/share/{ncat,nmap,zenmap}

Short Descriptions

ncat

is a utility for reading and writing data across networks from the command line

ndiff

is a tool to aid in the comparison of Nmap scans

nmap

is a utility for network exploration and security auditing. It supports ping scanning, port scanning and TCP/IP fingerprinting

nping

is an open-source tool for network packet generation, response analysis and response time measurement

uninstall_ndiff

is a Python script to uninstall ndiff

uninstall_zenmap

is a Python script to uninstall zenmap

zenmap

is a Python based graphical nmap frontend viewer