How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

1. Download the applicable Nmap version from http://www.Nmap.org/download.html.
2. Right click on the downloaded file and select Run as administrator. This is required to ensure that the tool has all the privileges to be installed properly on your machine.

1. After this, you will be shown an open source license agreement. Read the agreement and click on I agree, as shown in the following screenshot:

1. Choose various components to be installed as a part of the Nmap package. These utilities provide more functionality, such as packet generation and comparison. If you feel no need for these extra utilities, you can uncheck the feature, as in the following screenshot:

1. Select the location at which you want to install the tool. The tool suggests the C:\Program Files (x86)\Nmap\ path by default. Click Next.
2. The installation requires Npcap, the packet sniffing library of Windows for Nmap. Follow the instructions to install the Npcap to continue the installation of the Nmap and wait for the installation to finish.