Metasploit on OpenBSD 5.1 (ppc)

[Andrew Barnes]

Hello,

I just recently installed OpenBSD 5.1 on a old PowerMac G4. So far I'm really enjoying it. The install went smoothly, all is well.

What I would like to do is have a running copy of Metasploit on this box and I'm running into a problem. I know Metasploit exists as a OpenBSD port, when I go to the port under /security/metasploit and do a "make install", everything has installed thus far except for 'nasm'. I get the error:

# make install
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-iconv->=1.8,<1.9 -> ruby-iconv-1.8.7.357
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-gems-* -> ruby-gems-1.8.10
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: nasm-* - not found
===> Verifying install for nasm-* in devel/nasm
===> nasm-2.08.01 is only for i386 amd64, not powerpc (macppc) .

Ok, that's fine, there is no *compiled* version of nasm for ppc. So I obtained the source code for nasm and compiled it with no issues. Now as you see, I have nasm installed:

# nasm -version
NASM version 2.10.01 compiled on Jun 10 2012
# uname -prsv
OpenBSD 5.1 GENERIC#150 powerpc

And returning back to the Metasploit port tree I run 'make install' again only to get the same error indicating that nasm is not installed.

So... how do I inform OpenBSD that I have this installed version and where it is?

Any help is appreciated.


Thanks,
Andrew

[David Diggles]

While NASM can run on non Intel arch, it can not compile binaries that will run on
non-Intel arch. If metasploit expects run NASM generated code, then it is not
compatible with powerpc.

Post by Andrew Barnes
Hello,
I just recently installed OpenBSD 5.1 on a old PowerMac G4. So far I'm really enjoying it. The install went smoothly, all is well.
# make install
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-iconv->=1.8,<1.9 -> ruby-iconv-1.8.7.357
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-gems-* -> ruby-gems-1.8.10
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: nasm-* - not found
===> Verifying install for nasm-* in devel/nasm
===> nasm-2.08.01 is only for i386 amd64, not powerpc (macppc) .
# nasm -version
NASM version 2.10.01 compiled on Jun 10 2012
# uname -prsv
OpenBSD 5.1 GENERIC#150 powerpc
And returning back to the Metasploit port tree I run 'make install' again only to get the same error indicating that nasm is not installed.
So... how do I inform OpenBSD that I have this installed version and where it is?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew

[Andrew Barnes]

That makes sense,

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Post by David Diggles
While NASM can run on non Intel arch, it can not compile binaries that will run on
non-Intel arch. If metasploit expects run NASM generated code, then it is not
compatible with powerpc.

Post by Andrew Barnes
Hello,
I just recently installed OpenBSD 5.1 on a old PowerMac G4. So far I'm really enjoying it. The install went smoothly, all is well.
# make install
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-iconv->=1.8,<1.9 -> ruby-iconv-1.8.7.357
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: ruby-gems-* -> ruby-gems-1.8.10
===> metasploit-3.5.0p0 depends on: nasm-* - not found
===> Verifying install for nasm-* in devel/nasm
===> nasm-2.08.01 is only for i386 amd64, not powerpc (macppc) .
# nasm -version
NASM version 2.10.01 compiled on Jun 10 2012
# uname -prsv
OpenBSD 5.1 GENERIC#150 powerpc
And returning back to the Metasploit port tree I run 'make install' again only to get the same error indicating that nasm is not installed.
So... how do I inform OpenBSD that I have this installed version and where it is?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew