How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

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

1. Select the location where you want to install the tool. C:\Program Files (x86)\Nmap\ is the default path suggested by the tool. Then click Next.
2. The installation requires Npcap. This is the packet sniffing library of Windows for Nmap. Follow the instructions to install the Npcap and to continue the installation of the Nmap; wait for the installation to finish.