title: Installing a PHP vulnerability scanner called RIPS
body: <p>I am trying to run RIPS on my local webserver but I am not succeeding. RIPS website:  <a href="http://rips-scanner.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://rips-scanner.sourceforge.net/</a>  says to place the file into the /var/www.. I am new to setting up web servers but I feel like I am missing something rudimentary and I can not grasp my mind around it. So any tips on how to actually start RIPS please let me know. </p>