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saronno

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Registered: 2009-10-02

Posts: 194

Ruby: cannot load such file -- iconv (LoadError)

I installed ruby and I have been trying to use it with metasploit, but everytime I launch msfconsole or msfcli
I get this error:

/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require': cannot load such file -- iconv (LoadError)
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/zip/zip.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/zip.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/core/db.rb:27:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/core/db_manager.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/core/framework.rb:69:in `<class:Framework>'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/core/framework.rb:13:in `<module:Msf>'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/core/framework.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/core.rb:34:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/ui/console.rb:11:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/msf/ui.rb:11:in `<top (required)>'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:45:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/lib/fastlib.rb:374:in `require'
    from /opt/metasploit/msfconsole:136:in `<main>'

I think it's a problem regarding ruby rather than metasploit.
Maybe there is something wrong with the package (2.0.0_p0-1)

stronnag

Member

Registered: 2011-01-25

Posts: 61

Re: Ruby: cannot load such file -- iconv (LoadError)

iconv has been deprecated for a while. It is replaced by (builtin) String#encode

* Downgrade to an older ruby; or
* Ask metasploit to fix their code.

saronno

Member

Registered: 2009-10-02

Posts: 194

Re: Ruby: cannot load such file -- iconv (LoadError)

Thanks. I downgraded to a previous version of ruby and now everything works fine.