How to upgrade Nessus

To upgrade Nessus:

1. go to the download page http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/select-your-operating-system and download the package for you computer
2. Stop Nessus Service /etc/init.d/nessusd stop 
3. Install package (Ubuntu) : dpkg -i Nessus-5.2.4-ubuntu1110_amd64.deb 
4. Restart Service # /etc/init.d/nessusd start 

Sample Output

# /etc/init.d/nessusd stop 

 

# dpkg -i Nessus-5.2.4-ubuntu1110_i386.deb 

(Reading database ... 19831 files and directories currently 

installed.) 

Preparing to replace nessus 5.2.3 (using Nessus-5.2.4- 

ubuntu1110_i386.deb) ... 

 

[..] 

 

# /etc/init.d/nessusd start 

 

Starting Nessus : . 

# 

Update plugins with 

sudo /opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-update-plugins