Download

Get it using SVN: http://code.google.com/p/beef/source/checkout

Install

Check the Install page.

Options

The available options can be seen by using the -h flag

Usage: beef [options]
    -x, --reset                      Reset the database
    -v, --verbose                    Display debug information

Contributing

Get involved in developing ... http://code.google.com/p/beef/issues/list

Subversion

Browse the code: http://code.google.com/p/beef/source/checkout

Development Version

To check out the latest development source:

svn checkout http://beef.googlecode.com/svn/branches/RBeEF beef-read-only

Operating Systems

Debian Lenny

The latest rubygems is needed, but can't be installed with gem update --system on debian lenny, because that command is disabled. It is needed to be installed from source:

• download the .tar
• extract it
• run ruby setup.rb

Errors

SQLite

Error Message

the program can't start because sqlite3.dll is missing from your computer

Solution

Download the SQLite DLL zip file from http://www.sqlite.org/download.html and put it in the c:\windows\system32 directory.

Incorrect JSON gem

Error Message

If you notice error messages in the console when trying to execute modules, such as:

ERROR SystemStackError: stack level too deep
.../0.4.2/0.4.2-alpha/lib/ui/modules/modules.rb:342:in `to_json'

it may indicate an older version of the JSON gem.

Solution

Try the following:

# sudo gem install json

gem using the incorrect version

GEM

Error Message

The following error message is displayed when the framework is started:

<internal:lib/rubygems/custom_require>:29:in `require': no such file to load -- dm-core (LoadError)

This may indicate that gem is using ruby 1.8.x and not 1.9.x.

Verification

Try the following:

# gem environment