diff --git a/dev/Setting-Up-a-Metasploit-Development-Environment.md b/dev/Setting-Up-a-Metasploit-Development-Environment.md index a2d7897034..6adf877049 100644 --- a/dev/Setting-Up-a-Metasploit-Development-Environment.md +++ b/dev/Setting-Up-a-Metasploit-Development-Environment.md @@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ Many standard distributions of Ruby are lacking in one regard or another. Lucky $ \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=1.9.3 ```` -Note the *lack* of sudo; you will nearly always want to install this as a regular user, and not as root. +Note the *lack* of sudo; you will nearly always want to install this as a regular user, and not as root. Sometimes, depending on your particular platform, this incantation may not be reliable. This is nearly identical, but more typing: ````bash -$ \curl -o rvm.sh -L get.rvm.io && cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable +$ \curl -o rvm.sh -L get.rvm.io && cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=1.9.3 ```` Also, if you're sketchy about piping a web site directly to bash, you can perform each step individually, without the &&: @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Also, if you're sketchy about piping a web site directly to bash, you can perfor ````bash $ \curl -o rvm.sh -L get.rvm.io $ less rvm.sh -$ cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable +$ cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=1.9.3 ```` Next, load the RVM scripts by either opening a new terminal window, or just run: @@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ Next, load the RVM scripts by either opening a new terminal window, or just run: ````bash $ source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm ```` +If you must be root (eg, on BackTrack or Kali, by default), then you will need to also explicitly add this line to the end of your ~/.bashrc, instead: -RVM by default installs a sensible 1.9.3 patchlevel for Ruby these days. No more installing Ruby 1.8 to bootstrap to 1.9. However, you will need to tick the `Run command as login shell` on the default profile of gnome-terminal (assuming stock Ubuntu), or else you will get the error message that [RVM is not a function](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9336596/rvm-installation-not-working-rvm-is-not-a-function). +```` +source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm +```` + +Finally, you will usually need to tick the `Run command as login shell` on the default profile of gnome-terminal (assuming stock Ubuntu), or else you will get the error message that [RVM is not a function](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9336596/rvm-installation-not-working-rvm-is-not-a-function). Assuming all goes as planned, you should end up with something like this in your shell: