diff --git a/docs/nmap-install.xml b/docs/nmap-install.xml index ff4a48977..ece358099 100644 --- a/docs/nmap-install.xml +++ b/docs/nmap-install.xml @@ -102,19 +102,10 @@ url="http://nmap.org/download.html" />. verifying the integrity of downloads It often pays to be paranoid about the integrity of files downloaded from the Internet. Popular packages -such as - -Sendmail (example), OpenSSH (example), - - -Sendmail (see ), -OpenSSH (see ), - tcpdump, Libpcap, BitchX, Fragrouter, and many others have been infected with malicious trojans. Software distributions sites at the Free Software Foundation, Debian, and SourceForge have also been @@ -299,7 +290,7 @@ url="http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-svn"/>. source codeadvantages of While binary packages -discussed in later sections are available for most platforms, compilation and +(discussed in later sections) are available for most platforms, compilation and installation from source code is the traditional and most powerful way to install Nmap. This ensures that the latest version is available and allows Nmap @@ -388,14 +379,14 @@ in step four as described in the next section. As you can see above, a simple source compilation and install -consists of little more than ./configure;make;make -install. However, there are a number of options available to configure that affect the way Nmap is built. +consists of little more than running ./configure;make;make +install as root. However, there are a number of options available to configure that affect the way Nmap is built. Configure Directives configure directives -Most of the Unix build options are controlled by the configure script, as used in step number four above. There are dozens of command-line parameters and environmental variables which affect the way Nmap is built. Run ./configure --help for a huge list with brief descriptions. These are not applicable to building Nmap on Windows. Here are the options which are specific to Nmap or particularly important: +Most of the Unix build options are controlled by the configure script, as used in step number four above. There are dozens of command-line parameters and environmental variables which affect the way Nmap is built. Run ./configure --help for a huge list with brief descriptions. These are not applicable to building Nmap on Windows. Here are the options which are either specific to Nmap or particularly important: @@ -1145,7 +1136,7 @@ Or obtain it from the OpenBSD distribution CD-ROM. Installation using the source ports tree -If you do not already have a copy of the ports tree, obtain it via CVS using instructions at . +If you do not already have a copy of the ports tree, obtain it via CVS using instructions at . As root, execute the following command (replace /usr/ports with your local ports directory if it differs): cd /usr/ports/net/nmap && make install clean @@ -1211,8 +1202,8 @@ systems, but I presume that must be part of the fun for Amiga fanatics. Nmap supports many proprietary Unix flavors such as HP-UX and -SGI IRIX. The Nmap project mostly depends on the user community to -maintain adequate support for these systems. If you have trouble, try +SGI IRIX. The Nmap project depends on the user community to +help maintain adequate support for these systems. If you have trouble, try sending a report with full details to the nmap-dev mailing listnmap-dev mailing list, as described in . Also let us know if you develop a patch which improves support on your platform so we can incorporate it into Nmap.