How to Update Metasploit in Kali? that's what we are gonna see in today's Post.
The term Metasploit, also known as Metasploit-framework(MSF) needs no major Introduction, especially if you are using Kali Linux not only latest but any version of Kali linux. If i have to Say as a dialogue, A Powerful tool Made for Powerful People.! Yup! But, if u are new reader of our site, and wondering what it was or if you dont know about this tool but using Kali machine then i urge you to Strongly start researching about that tool,and start using it.. Because you might be missing an epic piece.!
Also Read : How to fix [ERROR] Could not change MAC: interface up or insufficient permissions: Device or resource busy in Kali Linux latest version [ Solution]
Alright, to keep things short and not to take too much of your time, i will say it in short and then let's proceed to the main post..
What is Metasploit?
Hmm, this is one of the pentesting tool that is available for Pentesters and People like you to learn and break things.! If i have to say more specific a tool used to develop/use exploits / Vulnerabilities and much more.. When i meant Much more, it doesn't mean i doesn't know much stuff its just to say, I wont' say much things about this tool as usual, because we learn much when we start researching😅, and that's much needed skill when you are using Operating system like this..
However, to help you Research about this, i will share the link to the book where you can read all about this Metasploit for free [Click to View Link]..
What is the difference between Metasploit and Metasploitable ?
Don't Confuse Metasploit with Metasploitable which has many versions like Metasploitable 1, Metasploitable 2 etc which you can download for free from Official Sources itself... Again, to Say in Short, the difference between Metaspoit and Metasploitable is simple.. If you want to learn using the tool, you need to practice right? so, the developers of the tool along with others developed this Metasploitable, which is nothing but a Vulnerable machine.. (For normal readers: A machine which Won't have bugs fixed and can be easily compromised).
Alright, hope you got enough information about the tool, if not feel free to refer the above link i tagged.
OKay, here comes the need for writing this post..
I had actually received an question from our blog reader, stating they find very difficult to update Metasploit, not sure why..So,thought of explaining in post, so that Others can also refer when required..
How to Update Metasploit in Kali Linux Latest Version [Guide]
There are Multiple ways, to Update Metasploit on Kali Linux, but onething i wanna share is the previous way of running msfupdate on terminal will no longer work so you can't update metasploit using that way..!
Infact, running msfupdate will provide following result on terminal..
msfupdate is no longer supported when Metasploit is part of the operating system. Please use 'apt update; apt install metasploit-framework'
So, i guess you now got the answer, we need to use the apt version for better result even though we have various other advanced ways..
You can also download metasploit from github too from this link : https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework and install as usual.. To update,
Fire up your terminal and copy paste or try the following the command.
sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install metasploit-framework
The above command itself will download and install metasploit on your PC. But sometimes, due to the server/mirror issues, you will get message like Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing? So, on such cases, try retrying and if problem still persists update using the normal Kali update commands.
That's it.!
See you on next post.,
Happy Learning..
