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Easy Metasploit Install on Windows Subsystem for Linux
Steps to install Metasploit on Windows 10 using the Windows Subsystem for Linux
1.) Enable Developer Mode
C:\> reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModelUnlock" /t REG_DWORD /f /v "AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense" /d "1"
2.) Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux
C:\> DISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
3.) Reboot
4.) Type "bash" at cmd line to get into Windows Subsystem for Linux and create a new password for your user.
5.) Install Metasploit
test@Desktop:/mnt/c$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall && chmod 755 msfinstall && ./msfinstall
@reidsneo
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on ubuntu also you need to run
sudo gem install bundler

@Tribhuwan-Joshi
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Tribhuwan-Joshi commented Dec 24, 2021

Above all of these commands nothing is working for me

@dolphin-cat
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use ubuntu instead, kali has some weird issues with apt on wsl2

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