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When the download link is dead just report as outdated, it's not an error it's just a new version is available.

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I'm not sure Tenable allows to host the rpm package on a third-party server. The package download should be left to the user.

Quick work around:

1. Download "Nessus-8.3.1-fc20.x86_64.rpm" from here. MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THIS EXACT PACKAGE: https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus

2. Make a new folder and put the RPM file in the new folder

3. Use python to spin up a quick web server to serve the file from the above folder:

If you have python2.7 installed use this

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

If you have python3 installed use this

python -m http.server

1. In a web browser navigate to:

http://localhost:8000

You should see a directory listing of the folder you created with a link for the RPM to download it.

1. Back in the terminal run the yaourt -S nessus command to start the Nessus install, and edit as below the PKGBUILD:

So this line:

source=("Nessus-${pkgver}-fc20.x86_64.rpm::http://101s.nappy.link/files/302GMRUTGq2pchPBvU/Nessus-8.3.1-fc20.x86_64.rpm"

Change to this:

source=("http://localhost:8000/Nessus-8.3.1-fc20.x86_64.rpm"

1. Save and exit, continue as normal with the installation. Don't forget to the kill the python web server.

==> ERROR: Failure while downloading http://101s.nappy.link/files/302GMRUTGq2pchPBvU/Nessus-8.3.1-fc20.x86_64.rpm Aborting...

==> ERROR: Failure while downloading http://101s.nappy.link/files/W2xNjqCaSXvH73onxP/Nessus-8.2.3-fc20.x86_64.rpm
    Aborting...
Error downloading sources: nessus

The new file hoster links dies too soon. The problem is that the rpm file can't be downloaded automatically from Teenable, so I must download it manually and then upload it on a file hoster. I'm looking for a free file hoster, with direct/hot link, a file upload around 100MB, no captcha and a file retention superior than 30 days.

I changed of file hoster and direct download link provider, you should now have unlimited download speed and not daily quota.

@larrybowgensloth Please do not use this form (out of date flag) to report bugs. Use the package comments instead. Also see the pinned comment.

@sipaktli

curl: (92) HTTP/2 stream 0 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://od.lk/d/OTBfMTc3MDIzMDlf/Nessus-8.2.3-fc20.x86_64.rpm Aborting...

Bandwidth limit has exceeded there is a 1GB daily download limit. If you have a better free host with direct link tell me.

Instead of using a hosting service, which is not even safe or transparent, have people download the file from tenable.

If you read the PKGBUILD, I wrote:

# Note: I had to use a file hoster because Tenable doesn't provide a direct link.

Previous maintainer already tried to make a direct download from Tenable website without success. I you find a way tell me.

curl: (92) HTTP/2 stream 0 was not closed cleanly: PROTOCOL_ERROR (err 1) ==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://od.lk/d/OTBfMTc3MDIzMDlf/Nessus-8.2.3-fc20.x86_64.rpm Aborting...

Instead of using a hosting service, which is not even safe or transparent, have people download the file from tenable.

I made a PKGBUILD for 8.2.1

# Maintainer: Kenneth Endfinger <kaendfinger@gmail.com>
# Contributor: MattWoelk
# Contributor: xsmile <sascha_r gmx de>
# Contributor: noraj

pkgname=nessus
pkgver=8.1.2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Nessus vulnerability scanner"
arch=('x86_64')
depends=('gnupg')
license=('custom')
url="https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus-home"
install=${pkgname}.install

# Note: I had to use ipfs because I don't want to redistribute the file on a known server.
source=("Nessus-${pkgver}-fc20.x86_64.rpm::https://srv-file1.gofile.io/download/TjwEGw/794347dda814171a935b173d7a6c574f/Nessus-8.1.2-fc20.x86-64.rpm"
        nessus.desktop
        nessus.sh
        LICENSE)

sha256sums=('8217eff0d845973a18b70d7d28ac2c6a13feabbe23eeea9d814142b3e0fb4944'
            '8c5e82d609a7290c34cbfa5635012cb66820e4e2c1db2bf5808fc306fcefdc30'
            '9b8e2c15d86ce7b83806a27bd6685f009ad339f3ea52022b87a75fbd2802ec5a'
            '089073d03bf83e101b50da858348ace6bb2a553ce2249532d6f5d7ed29182dac')

package() {
  install -Dm755 $pkgname.sh "$pkgdir/etc/profile.d/$pkgname.sh"

  mkdir -p "$pkgdir/etc/ld.so.conf.d" "$pkgdir/usr/share" "$pkgdir/opt/nessus" \
           "$pkgdir/usr/lib"

  cp -a usr/lib "$pkgdir/usr"

  # path to libraries
  echo /opt/nessus/lib > "$pkgdir/etc/ld.so.conf.d/nessus.conf"

  # main files
  cp -a opt/nessus/{bin,com,etc,lib,sbin,var} "$pkgdir/opt/nessus"

  # license
  install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/nessus/LICENSE"

  # menu entry
  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${pkgname}.desktop" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/${pkgname}.desktop"
}