Can't open PID file /run/openvasmd.pid

You could have a look into your openvasmd.log file why the openvasmd daemon refusing to start. The location depends on your setup, have a look at e.g. /var/log/openvas or similar path to find it.

As a short additional note:

When choosing the category for a topic please try to have a look at the category description for each category first:

The current used category is/was https://community.greenbone.net/c/gce (Description: About the Community Edition (GCE) category) which is about the downloadable ready-to use virtual machine.

Based on your posted issue it seem you have an own installation via 3rdparty repositories. For such installations the https://community.greenbone.net/c/gse (Description: About the Source Edition (GSE) category) needs to be chosen.

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