Installing Metasploit on Linux

As we will be using Metasploit on Ubuntu during the course of this book, we will use Ubuntu (Debian-based) as the Linux example installation here.

This can be done using a single command, as follows:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall && chmod 755 msfinstall && ./msfinstall

1. When you enter the command, you'll see the following output:
   

   Figure 2.10 – Metasploit Ubuntu installer – step 1

2. Once the setup is complete, you can start the Metasploit Framework by simply typing msfconsole, as in the following figure:

Figure 2.11 – msfconsole on Ubuntu – home screen

So far, we have seen the setup for the Kali Linux VM as well as the installation of the Metasploit Framework on Windows and Linux systems. Moving ahead to the next section, we'll see how we...