install metasploit on Ubuntu 14.04

Here are trial and error logs when installing metasploit on Ubuntu 14.04.

Reference

http://www.darkoperator.com/installing-metasploit-in-ubunt/

install required packages to run metasploit.

# apt-get install build-essential libreadline-dev libssl-dev libpq5 libpq-dev libreadline5 libsqlite3-dev libpcap-dev openjdk-7-jre git-core autoconf postgresql pgadmin3 curl zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev vncviewer libyaml-dev curl zlib1g-dev

install ruby 2.1.6

# gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 # curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable  * First you need to add all users that will be using rvm to 'rvm' group,    and logout - login again, anyone using rvm will be operating with `umask u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx`.  * To start using RVM you need to run `source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh`    in all your open shell windows, in rare cases you need to reopen all shell windows. # source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh

install ruby 2.1.6. nn error..

# rvm install 2.1.6 Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time. No binary rubies available for: ubuntu/14.04/x86_64/ruby-2.1.6. Continuing with compilation. Please read 'rvm help mount' to get more information on binary rubies. Checking requirements for ubuntu. Installing requirements for ubuntu. Updating system.............. Error running 'requirements_debian_update_system ruby-2.1.6', showing last 15 lines of /usr/local/rvm/log/1432608365_ruby-2.1.6/update_system.log ++ case "${TERM:-dumb}" in ++ case "$1" in ++ [[ -t 2 ]] ++ return 1 ++ printf %b 'There has been error while updating '\''apt-get'\'', please give it some time and try again later. 404 errors should be fixed for rvm to proceed. Check your sources configured in:    /etc/apt/sources.list    /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list \n' There has been error while updating 'apt-get', please give it some time and try again later. 404 errors should be fixed for rvm to proceed. Check your sources configured in:    /etc/apt/sources.list    /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list ++ return 100 Requirements installation failed with status: 100.

Googling this error, this seems to be caused if there are failed links in apt repositories.

check failed links

# apt-get update  | grep –i failed W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/cjwatson/devirt/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/cjwatson/devirt/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/cjwatson/devirt/ubuntu/dists/vivid/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

disable those repositories.

I disabled those by editing /etc/apt/sources.list

install ruby again.

# rvm install 2.1.6 # rvm use 2.1.6 --default Using /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6 # ruby -v ruby 2.1.6p336 (2015-04-13 revision 50298) [x86_64-linux]

install nmap

# apt-get install -y nmap

configure postgreSQL

configure credentials for user ‘postgres’

# passwd postgresql

create a user and a table which are used for metasploit.

# sudo -s # su postgres $ createuser msf -P -S -R –D $ createdb -O msf msf

install metasploit

# cd /opt/ # git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git # cd metasploit-framework/ ruby-2.1.6 - #gemset created /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6@metasploit-framework ruby-2.1.6 - #generating metasploit-framework wrappers.......... # rvm --default use ruby-2.1.6@metasploit-framework Using /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.6 with gemset metasploit-framework # gem install bundler # bundle install

configure metasploit so that any users can use metasploit.

# pwd /opt/metasploit-framework # bash -c 'for MSF in $(ls msf*); do ln -s /opt/metasploit-framework/$MSF  /usr/local/bin/$MSF;done'

DB settings so that metasploit can connect to PostgreSQL.

# vi /opt/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml # cat /opt/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml production: adapter: postgresql database: msf username: msf password:passowrd host: 127.0.0.1 port: 5432 pool: 75 timeout: 5

# sh -c "echo export MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG=/opt/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml >> /etc/profile" # source /etc/profile

run msfconsole

# ./msfconsole [*] Starting the Metasploit Framework console...\ # cowsay++ ____________ < metasploit > ------------       \   ,__,        \  (oo)____           (__)    )\              ||--|| *       =[ metasploit v4.11.0-dev [core:4.11.0.pre.dev api:1.0.0]] + -- --=[ 1456 exploits - 833 auxiliary - 229 post        ] + -- --=[ 382 payloads - 37 encoders - 8 nops             ] + -- --=[ Free Metasploit Pro trial: http://r-7.co/trymsp ] msf >