Compiling ncrack from source code and creating a .deb package

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Ncrack is an open source tool for network authentication cracking. http://nmap.org/ncrack/

1) Install the building packages.

apt-get install build-essential checkinstall

2) Get ncrack source code, check the website for the latest!

wget http://nmap.org/ncrack/dist/ncrack-0.01ALPHA.tar.gz

3) Decompress,configure and build.

tar xvfz ncrack-0.01ALPHA.tar.gz

cd ncrack


./configure && make

4) Make the .deb package with checkinstall.Due a bug you need to provide the version.

checkinstall 

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**** Debian package creation selected ***
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This package will be built according to these values: 

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@laptop ]
1 -  Summary: [ Package created with checkinstall 1.6.1 ]
2 -  Name:    [ ncrack ]
3 -  Version: [  ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 -  Source location: [ ncrack ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Provides: [ ncrack ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:


select 3 an place the version number in this case  0.01a


type ENTER





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 Done. The new package has been installed and saved to

 /home/laptop/compile/ncrack/ncrack_0.01a-1_i386.deb

 You can remove it from your system anytime using: 

      dpkg -r ncrack

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5) Install Ncrack

dpkg -i ncrack_0.01a-1_i386.deb

6) Ncrack reference guide

man ncrack