nessus-agent on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "nessus-agent" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install nessus-agent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                nessus-agent
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall nessus-agent on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                nessus-agent
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "nessus-agent" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone nessus-agent's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/nessus-agent.git 
            
                        
                ~/nessus-agent
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/nessus-agent folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/nessus-agent
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nessus-agent package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1422711
Name: nessus-agent
PackageBaseID: 177434
PackageBase: nessus-agent
Version: 10.5.1-1
Description: Nessus vulnerability scanner agent
URL: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus-agents
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.001502
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: noraj
Submitter: noraj
FirstSubmitted: 1648666223
LastModified: 1709843739
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nessus-agent.tar.gz