This is the traditional compile-it-yourself format. The Nmap tarball compiles under Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and many UNIX platforms (Solaris, Free/Net/OpenBSD, etc.) It includes Zenmap, the GUI frontend. Nmap is now offered in
bzip2 format as well as traditional gzip.
Detailed Linux/BSD/Solaris compilation instructions and options are
provided here, though this usually does the trick:
bzip2 -cd nmap-6.47.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
cd nmap-6.47
./configure
make
su root
make install
Most Windows users install with our
Windows executable installer, but we also provide
Windows source code compilation instructions.
Most Mac OS X users install with our
Mac installer, but we also provide
Mac OS X source code compilation instructions.
If you are compiling Nmap anyway, you might prefer to get the very latest code from
our SVN source code repository rather than downloading a tarball here.
Latest Nmap release tarball: nmap-6.47.tar.bz2 (or
gzip compressed)
Nmap runs on all versions of Windows since NT, including 2K, XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Server 2003/2008. Please read the
Windows section of the Install Guide for limitations and installation instructions for the Windows version of Nmap. In particular, read about the
special Windows 2000 (Win2K) dependencies if you use that platform. You can choose from a self-installer (includes dependencies and also the Zenmap GUI) or the much smaller command-line zip file version.
The Nmap
executable Windows installer can handle WinPcap installation, registry performance tweaks, and decompressing the executables and data files into your preferred location. It also includes the Zenmap graphical frontend. Skip all the complexity of the Windows zip files with a self-installer:
Latest release self-installer: nmap-6.47-setup.exe
We have written
post-install usage instructions. Please
notify us if you encounter any problems or have suggestions for the installer.
For those who prefer the command-line zip files (
Installation Instructions;
Usage Instructions), they are still available. The Zenmap graphical interface is
not included with these, so you need to run nmap.exe from a DOS/command window. Or you can download and install a superior command shell such as those included with the free
Cygwin system. Also, you need to run the
Winpcap and
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installers which are included in the zip file. The main advantage is that these zip files are a fraction of the size of the executable installer:
Latest command-line zipfile: nmap-6.47-win32.zip
Many popular Linux distributions (Redhat, Mandrake, Suse, etc) use the
RPM package management system for quick and easy binary package installation.
These may not work with Redhat 9 or earlier due to Libc incompatability issues. We have written a detailed
guide to installing our RPM packages, though these simple commands usually do the trick:
rpm -vhU https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-6.47-1.i386.rpm
rpm -vhU https://nmap.org/dist/zenmap-6.47-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -vhU https://nmap.org/dist/ncat-6.47-1.i386.rpm
rpm -vhU https://nmap.org/dist/nping-0.6.47-1.i386.rpm
You can also download and install the RPMs yourself:Latest release:i386 Nmap RPM:
nmap-6.47-1.i386.rpmi386 Ncat RPM:
ncat-6.47-1.i386.rpmi386 Nping RPM:
nping-0.6.47-1.i386.rpmx86-64 (64-bit Linux only!) Nmap RPM:
nmap-6.47-1.x86_64.rpmx86-64 (64-bit Linux only!) Ncat RPM:
ncat-6.47-1.x86_64.rpmx86-64 (64-bit Linux only!) Nping RPM:
nping-0.6.47-1.x86_64.rpmOptional
Zenmap GUI (all platforms):
zenmap-6.47-1.noarch.rpmSource RPM (includes Nmap, Zenmap, Ncat, and Nping):
nmap-6.47-1.src.rpm
Nmap binaries for Mac OS X (Intel x86) are distributed as a disk image file containing an installer. The installer allows installing Nmap, Zenmap, Ncat, and Ndiff. The programs have been tested on Intel computers running Mac OS X 10.6 and later. See the
Mac OS X Nmap install page for more details. Users of PowerPC (PPC) Mac machines, which Apple ceased selling in 2006, should see
this page instead for support information.
Latest release installer: nmap-6.47.dmg
Many other operating systems support Nmap so well that I have no need to create and distribute binary packages myself. You can choose to use the packages below, or compile the
source distribution, which is often newer. We have created installation pages for the following platforms:
Linux (all distributions)Microsoft WindowsMac OS XFreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSDSun SolarisAmiga, HP-UX, and Other Platforms
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