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Metasploit

msfconsole not starting

I Installation Critical

🔴 Error Message

msfconsole command not found or fails to start

📖 What This Means

Metasploit not installed or PATH issue.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Install: sudo apt install metasploit-framework
  2. Check PATH: which msfconsole
  3. Run from path: /usr/bin/msfconsole
  4. Initialize first: sudo msfdb init

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