🛠️ How to Install Metasploit MSFVenom on Rocky Linux 9

In this guide, we’ll walk through the steps to install Metasploit MSFVenom on Rocky Linux 9 with Ruby 3.1.5. We’ll ensure that your system is up-to-date and all necessary dependencies are installed.

🚀 System Update

First, let’s update your system to make sure all existing packages are up-to-date.

sudo dnf update -y

📦 Install Required Dependencies

Next, install the essential dependencies required for Metasploit Framework.

sudo dnf install -y epel-release
sudo dnf install -y git wget curl zlib zlib-devel gcc gcc-c++ patch readline readline-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel make bzip2 autoconf automake libtool bison sqlite-devel postgresql-devel libpcap-devel

💎 Install Ruby 3.1.5

We’ll install Ruby using rbenv, a Ruby version management tool.

# Install rbenv and ruby-build
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
cd ~/.rbenv && src/configure && make -C src
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build

# Add rbenv to PATH
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# Install Ruby 3.1.5
rbenv install 3.1.5
rbenv global 3.1.5

🔗 Install Metasploit Framework

Clone the Metasploit Framework repository and install it.

git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git
cd metasploit-framework
rbenv local 3.1.5

# Install bundler and dependencies
gem install bundler
bundle install

🛡️ Final Setup

Add msfvenom to your PATH for easier access.

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/metasploit-framework:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

🎉 Verify Installation

Finally, let’s verify that msfvenom is correctly installed.

msfvenom --version

You should see the version information for MSFVenom, confirming a successful installation.

By following these steps, you should now have Metasploit MSFVenom installed on your Rocky Linux 9 system with Ruby 3.1.5. Happy hacking! 🔥