How to run w3af in backtrack 5?

**Chahel** · 25-06-2011

Anyone have w3af working in backtrack 5 . It was working absolutely good in backtrack 4.I tried removing it and install it again n again.

Code:

root@bt:/pentest/web/w3af# python w3af_console
Your python installation needs the following packages:
libxml2 
On debian based systems:
sudo apt-get install python-lxml 
root@bt:/pentest/web/w3af# apt-get install python-lxml
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done
python-lxml is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libecryptfs0 nspluginwrapper libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libdebconfclient0
libjpeg-progs ecryptfs-utils cryptsetup rdate bogl-bterm
libdebian-installer4 reiserfsprogs miscfiles dmraid python-pyicu
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@bt:/pentest/web/w3af#

Any one gets this up yet?

**Wafeeq** · 25-06-2011

I recommend you start again and reinstall and when your system is the way you want make a boot iso backup so if you wreck it it’s just a couple of minutes to a fresh organized system installed
prepare kernel sources

Code:

sudo apt-get update
prepare-kernel-sources
cd /usr/src/linux
cp -rf include/generated/* include/linux/
apt-get dist-upgrade
fix-splash

install software center so you can install your programs that you want from Ubuntu repositories

Code:

apt-get install software-center

If you are one that likes to have a clean and super planned system here's tools to use.now install remastersys so you can make a bootable iso so you can reinstall the system to where you left off

Code:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list (add this to the list ) deb http://www.geekconnection.org/remastersys/repository karmic/
apt-get install remastersys

**Unequaled** · 25-06-2011

After running above commands im getting this as output.

Code:

cd /pentest/web/w3af
./w3af_console

**Zhankana_n** · 25-06-2011

I do not see it as "tweaking", "but you need to get some other progz installed. Nothing should go all a break. I did boot the iso and w3af works outside the box, so I'll go back and look. There are some that need "tweaking" of the box to work, but I should have checked this. TickTack - I'll take a look at the uberclean (Thanks) I used to use remastersys now just use Clonezilla.

Code:

apt-get update + upgrade. 
sudo apt-get update 
prepare-kernel-source 
cd / usr / src / linux 
cp-rf include / generated / * include / linux / 
apt-get dist-upgrade 
Fix-splash

If there is a exact answer to my difficulty w3af, I conjecture it would be faster to set up again.

**Dolsy_bendal** · 25-06-2011

Run this command and restart your system and you will be at interim prompt.enjoy

Code:

sudo apt-get update
prepare-kernel-sources
cd /usr/src/linux
cp -rf include/generated/* include/linux/
apt-get dist-upgrade
fix-splash

**Aleksandra** · 25-06-2011

I'm working with Andrew for a w3af / Rapid7 and have a way to solve this issue for now. That will be entering a bug fix for Nexpose so keep off the xml library stuff. For now, if you try to run w3af and Nexpose or have the similar difficulty with w3af not starting with the same mistakes that I was, this be supposed to work for you awaiting a final solution is released. If start console or GUI so it will work.

Code:

root@bt:/pentest/web/w3af# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/ /pentest/web/w3af/./w3af_gui
root@bt:/pentest/web/w3af# LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/ /pentest/web/w3af/./w3af_console