Setting up Nessus in Backtrack 5 R1

In an earlier post I described how to setup Nessus on Backtrack 5:

http://insidetrust.blogspot.com/2011/05/easy-nessus-scan-for-beginner-with.html

For some reason, BT 5 R1 does not come with Nessus installed by default, but it's easy to download and install.

You will need to download Nessus from the following location:

http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/select-your-operating-system

(I used the Debian 64 bit package)

Then install it with the following command:

dpkg -i Nessus-4.4.1-debian5_amd64.deb

Then you can simply follow the rest of the instructions in my original post.

Update - Of course, there is an easier way to do this ;o)

apt-get install nessus