Minimal msf

[hdm at metasploit.com (H D Moore)]

Not many -- most of the space is taken up by libraries which are shared 
between the different user interfaces. If you try to delete the 
UI-specific code, it doesnt save much space, and will require some code 
to be modified to not to load those files.

If you are intent on saving space, some things you can do:

1. Delete all of the .svn directories. You lose the ability to do an 
online update, but this halves the total storage requirement.

2. Delete the external/ subdirectory. These libraries and files are 
useful, but not necessary.

3. Delete the tools/ and documentation/ subdirectory. Some things might 
break (MSFGUI) if the documentation/LICENSE file is missing, but if youre 
just intent on using the console, this shouldn't be a problem.

4. Delete the data/msgui/ and data/msfweb/ directories if you dont plan on 
using these interfaces.

Anything more than that and you may run into problems. 

-HD

On Monday 21 January 2008, 1115201006 wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've to install metasploit on a small device (with a small HD) with
> Linux. I just want a minimal msf (only console, no GUI, no web
> interface), Which files I can securely delete?