Zenmap Installation Tutorial

What is Zenmap?

Zenmap is the official Nmap Security Scanner GUI. It is a multi-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, BSD, etc.) free and open source application which aims to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap users.

You can download Zenmap (often packaged with Nmap itself) from the Nmap download page.

Honestly, if the installation was this easy, I wouldnt have written this blog

So, IKUZO !!

Downloading the right package:

1. Head to the NMap Download page:

   

2. Now, Download the latest version of the Zenmap :

   

3. Then, Open Terminal and go to the downloads directory:

           
       cd Downloads/ #change dir to dowload
       ls             #listing the dir to check if the zenmap has been downloaded
           
   

4. Run the following commands:

           
      sudo apt install alien # allows you to convert Debian packages to RPM packages, and vice versa.
           
      sudo apt-get install RPM #if required
      sudo alien zenmap-7.94-1.noarch.rpm #install the zenmap
           
   

5. Install Additional Dependencies:

           
       wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
           
       wget http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygobject-2/python-gobject-2_2.28.6-14ubuntu1_amd64.deb
           
       wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pycairo/python-cairo_1.16.2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
   

      sudo dpkg -i python-gobject-2_2.28.6-14ubuntu1_amd64.deb
      sudo dpkg -i python-cairo_1.16.2-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
      sudo dpkg -i python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
      sudo dpkg -i zenmap_7.94-2_all.deb
           
           
           
   

6. Result:

   If you have followed all the steps which were mentioned above properly, you will be greeted with zenmap gui once you run

     sudo zenmap
   

   

7. Uninstallation:

   If you are bored with the tool ( I can assure u that you wont be ), just uninstall it by:

    sudo apt remove Zenmap
   

Thanks for reading till the end!