Re: Adding new gem to msf

[Ty Miller <tyronmiller () gmail com>]

Hey guys,

FYI, i have migrated my dev environment to linux and installed the base32
gem ... so problem solved.

Thx for your help,
Ty


On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Ty Miller <tyronmiller () gmail com> wrote:

> Hey Brian,
>
> I originally started developing on Windows because I was writing payloads
> for Windows, so it was handy to be able to write them and run them in the
> one place, rather than having to fire up VMs and transfer files around.
>
> I have multiple linux VMs on my laptop (including BT4), so thats not a
> prob. It just means porting my custom dev environment and scripts across to
> linux, which isn't a big deal but was trying to avoid it if I didn't have
> to. Would prefer to be developing than doing administrative stuff.
>
> Thx,
> Ty
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Brian <briaar () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Ty, why use cygwin for devel?
> >
> > I take it you're on Windows?  Grab a copy of Virtual Box (free) and
> > download the backtrack 4 r2 distro / use install.sh on the desktop /
> > msfupdate.
> >
> > Everything will work out of the box and be nicely laid out for metasploit
> > devel.
> >
> > -Brian
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Ty Miller <tyronmiller () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > >
> > > I have searched around for the ruby headers, but I can only find
> > > references to installing ruby-dev or ruby-devel packages on Linux distros.
> > >
> > > Any idea where I get the ruby headers that I can use with cygwin?
> > >
> > > Thx,
> > > Ty
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:37 AM, <egypt () metasploit com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The cygwin installer isn't supported anymore.  With the new installer,
> > > > all you need to do is open a "System Console" from the Metasploit
> > > > start menu and type "gem install ..." which will install native win32
> > > > libraries when necessary.  It looks like that particular gem doesn't
> > > > have pre-built libraries on the gem server, so it's sort of a pain and
> > > > probably requires a compiler.
> > > >
> > > > That being said, cygwin should be able to do it if you download the
> > > > ruby headers and put them into the expected path,
> > > > /usr/lib/ruby/include
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helped,
> > > > egypt
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Ty Miller <tyronmiller () gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hey Jacob,
> > > > >
> > > > > $ ruby extconf.rb
> > > > > mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at
> > > > /usr/lib/ruby/include/ruby.h
> > > > > Thx,
> > > > > Ty
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Jacob Hammack <
> > > > jacob.hammack () hammackj com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Goto /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/base32-0.1.2/ext/
> > > > > > And type ruby extconf.rb
> > > > > > If that works type make. Send me the output from that
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sent from my Phone
> > > > > > On Jan 16, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Ty Miller <tyronmiller () gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Hey Jacob,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for the response ... unfortunatley not much ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > $ cat /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/base32-0.1.2/ext/gem_make.out
> > > > > > /usr/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install base32
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thx,
> > > > > > Ty
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Jacob Hammack
> > > > > > <jacob.hammack () hammackj com> wrote:
> > > > > > > What is the content of the gem_make.out file?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Sent from my Phone
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Jan 16, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Ty Miller <tyronmiller () gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hey guys,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > How do I add a new ruby gem to msf? I'm running Win7 64-bit. I ran
> > > > a
> > > > > > > > msf cygwin shell as an administrator, and then ran the following:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > $ gem install base32
> > > > > > > > Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
> > > > > > > > ERROR:  Error installing base32:
> > > > > > > >         ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > /usr/bin/ruby.exe extconf.rb install base32
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Gem files will remain installed in
> > > > > > > > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/base32-0.1.2 for inspection.
> > > > > > > > Results logged to
> > > > > > > > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/base32-0.1.2/ext/gem_make.out
> > > > > > > > Updating class cache with 0 classes...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > Ty
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
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