Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 12.4

Chapter 16. Networking Utilities

Nmap-7.98

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 12.4 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.98.tar.bz2

  • Download MD5 sum: 4d6b817ed0739141656e06a74bac5e57

  • Download size: 12 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 118 MB (with tests)

  • Estimated build time: 0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)

Nmap Dependencies

Required

build-1.3.0

Recommended

[Note]

Note

If the PyGObject3 module is not installed, you'd have to skip the command making the build system use the LFS Setuptools installation and then an Internet connection would be needed. The other packages are recommended because if they're not installed, the build process will compile and link against its own (often older) version.

liblinear-249, libpcap-1.10.5, libssh2-1.11.1, Lua-5.4.8, pcre2-10.45, and PyGObject-3.52.3

Optional

libdnet and setuptools-gettext (currently useless)

Installation of Nmap

Make the build system use the Setuptools Python module from LFS instead of downloading a copy from the Internet, and install the Python wheels already created when running the make instead of rebuilding them again on make install: 

sed -ri Makefile.in \
    -e 's#-m build#& --no-isolation#'  \
    -e '/pip install/s#(ZENMAP|NDIFF)DIR\)/#&dist/*.whl#'

Remove a useless dependency on setuptools-gettext: 

sed 's/, "setuptools-gettext"//' -i zenmap/pyproject.toml

Install Nmap by running the following commands: 

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

If you wish to run the test suite, run the following command: 

sed -e '/import imp/d'                \
    -e 's/^ndiff = .*$/import ndiff/' \
    -i ndiff/ndifftest.py

Tests need a graphical session and to be run as the root user. To test the results, issue: 

make check

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: ncat, ndiff, nmap, nping, zenmap, and 2 symlinks to zenmap: nmapfe and xnmap
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/{radialnet,zenmapCore,zenmapGUI,zenmap-7.98.dist-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