**************************************** * Metasploit Framework Linux Installer * **************************************** The Metasploit installer for Linux provides a self-contained execution environment for the Metasploit Framework. This includes the Ruby interpreter, the RubyGems package, SQLite3, and Subversion. The package also includes binary copies of the libraries needed to support these tools. The installer is built using binaries from Ubuntu 6.06 Server. This old version is necessary for the compiled tools to be compatible with older versions of the GLIBC library. The following applications/libraries are built from source: - Ruby 1.9.1 - RubyGems - SQLite3-Ruby - Subversion - Lorcon2 The following libraries are taken from Ubuntu: - libssl.so.0.9.8 - libutil-2.3.6.so - libcrypto.so.0.9.8 - libncursesw.so.5.5 - libsqlite3.so.0.8.6 - libncurses.so.5.5 - libz.so.1.2.3 - libaprutil-1.so.0.3.9 - libserf-0.so.0.0.0 - libapr-1.so.0.3.8 - libdb-4.3.so - libpcap.so.0.9.4 - libexpat.so.1.0.0 While the source code for each of these applications and libraries are easily available from the upstream repository, we will make them available directly from the Metasploit server on demand. The installer itself is created with makeself