How to install nessus on backtrack

Nessus is not included by default on the Backtrack because of licensing issues. If you did a harddisk install, you can install Nessus for yourself:

1)Download the nessus RPM from its site.
2)use the rpm2tgz tool to convert the RPM file to the tgz.
3)Run installpkg
4)Run following commands:
cp -R /opt/nessus/lib/* /lib/
PATH=$PATH:/opt/nessus/sbin (add nessus to your path)
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-mkcert
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessusd -D (start the nessus server)
/opt/nessus/sbin/nessus-adduser
5)Download the nessus client and install it using the rpm2tgz tool.
6)Run NessusClient and start scanning :)

This applies for backtrack version 2. If you want to install nessus on Backtrack 3, see this newer post.

If you want other securitydistro tricks, you can read this previous post.