Metasploit

Since Metasploit comes with a "self update from SVN" feature and is updated with new exploits frequently most users likely prefer building from source. This page adapts instructions on Metasploit Wiki: Installation on Ubuntu Linux to Fedora.

Dependencies
Install the Ruby dependencies: $ sudo yum -y install ruby-irb ruby-ri rubygems Install the Subversion client: $ sudo yum -y install subversion In order to build the native extensions (pcaprub, lorcon2, etc), the following packages need to be installed: $ sudo yum-builddep -y ruby $ sudo yum -y install ruby-devel libpcap-devel

Database support
In order to use the database functionality, RubyGems along with the appropriate drivers must be installed: Postgres is the recommended database: $ sudo yum -y install postgresql-server postgresql-devel $ sudo gem install pg # you can't use the distro ruby-postgres rpm as a replacement Or for MySQL: $ sudo yum -y install mysql-server ruby-mysql Sqlite will work for basic tasks, but is no longer supported! $ sudo yum -y install sqlite rubygem-sqlite3-ruby

Metasploit Framework
Once the dependencies have been installed, download the Unix tarball from the Metasploit download page and run the following commands: $ wget http://downloads.metasploit.com/data/releases/framework-latest.tar.bz2 $ tar -jxf framework-latest.tar.bz2 $ sudo mkdir -p /opt/metasploit4 $ sudo cp -a msf/ /opt/metasploit4/msf $ sudo chown root:root -R /opt/metasploit4/msf $ sudo ln -sf /opt/metasploit4/msf/msf* /usr/local/bin/

Metasploit Extensions
The Metasploit framework includes a few native Ruby extensions that must be compiled in order to use certain types of modules. To enable raw socket modules: $ sudo yum -y install libpcap-devel $ sudo bash To enable WiFi modules: $ sudo bash
 * 1) cd /opt/metasploit4/msf/external/pcaprub/
 * 2) ruby extconf.rb
 * 3) make && make install
 * 1) cd  /opt/metasploit4/msf/external/ruby-lorcon2/
 * 2) svn co http://802.11ninja.net/svn/lorcon/trunk lorcon2
 * 3) cd lorcon2
 * 4) ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install
 * 5) cd ..
 * 6) ruby extconf.rb
 * 7) make && make install

Updates
The Metasploit Framework is updated daily with the latest exploits, payloads, features, and bug fixes. To update your installation of the framework: $ sudo svn update /opt/metasploit4/msf/ This can also be installed into the root user's crontab: $ sudo crontab -e -u root # enter the line below 1 * * * * /usr/bin/svn update /opt/metasploit4/msf/ >> /var/log/msfupdate.log 2>&1

Database Configuration
Now that the framework is installed, you'll want to configure a database connection, and enable the framework to connect to it: For postgres, see Metasploit Postgres Setup (recommended by upstream) For mysql, see mysql_setup For sqlite, see sqlite_setup (upstream: "not supported!!").