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Installing Metasploit 4 in Ubuntu 11.04

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Mark Marshall in Main | 3 Comments

Install the latest version of the Metasploit 4 Framework (MSF4) on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal using the following commands. This downloads and installs the generic Linux binary which comes bundled with all the necessary components you need for Metasploit to install and run. This should work for most users and is the easiest way to get Metasploit Framework running under Ubuntu and other Debian based Linux distros quickly.

In a Terminal type the following

 wget http://updates.metasploit.com/data/releases/framework-4.0.0-linux-full.run

If you’re installing on a 64bit build of Ubuntu, use this instead

wget http://updates.metasploit.com/data/releases/framework-4.0.0-linux-x64-full.run

This downloads the current version of the Metasploit framework via wget.
Before you can run the installer you need to make it executable.

chmod +x framework-4.*-linux-full.run

And now execute the installer.

sudo ./framework-4.*-linux-full.run

Assuming all went well MSF 4 should now be installed. You should update it before running it.

sudo msfupdate

Now run it.

msfconsole

You should now be rewarded by one of the awesome ascii art logos and a functional Metasploit install.

If this fails for any reason you’ll want to do a manual install instead, which is a bit more complicated but if followed correctly should get you up and running. Find the official directions at Rapid7

Converting Lots of PDFs to TXTs in Ubuntu/Debian

Posted on April 15, 2010 by David Bailey Leave a comment

For those of you who are struggling to find a way to convert PDF files into TXT files, here is a quick bash script. There are many alternatives out there, but none were reliable for me. You’ll need to have acroread and ghostscript installed for this to work.


#!/bin/bash
mkdir ps txt
FILES="*.pdf"
for f in $FILES
do
echo "Processing $f"
acroread -toPostScript $f ps/
g=`basename $f .pdf`
ps2txt ps/$g.ps > txt/$g.txt
done

You can also change the second to last line to read
ps2txt ps/$g.ps | grep -v "EXCLUDE" > txt/$g.txt
where EXCLUDE is a line that you want to exclude from each PDF. Please let me know if you have any problems.

enjoy,
db