You will need "postgres" user and group before running the installer, if you haven't installed SlackBuilds PostgreSQL you should run these commands to be compatible: # groupadd -g 209 postgres # useradd -u 209 -g 209 -d /var/lib/pgsql postgres otherwise, you're already setup. Also, remember to add something like: # Start Metasploit Framework PostgreSQL if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.framework-postgres ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.framework-postgres start fi to /etc/rc.d/rc.local to start the shipped PostgreSQL daemon and something like: # Stop Metasploit Framework PostgreSQL if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.framework-postgres ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.framework-postgres stop fi to /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown to stop the service. Default database server listening port is 7175, if you want to use another port, just export the PG_PORT variable when running the SlackBuild, like this: # PG_PORT="5454" ./framework.SalckBuild An optional cron script to keep the framework up to date is distributed inside the /usr/doc/framework-${VERSION} directory and it's called "msfupdate.sh", there also is a logrotate config file called "msfupdate.logrotate" which can be useful. With older version of the framework, if you used the autoupdate script, future package updates could break your current working copy, tainting the .svn metadata. To avoid doing so, the tip was to run: # removepkg framework # rm -rf /opt/metasploit3 both as root, before proceeding with the package update. Starting with Metasploit Framework 3.6.0, the installation directory changed again, this time to /opt/framework-${VERSION}. Unless there will be any other changes from upstream, this is a great solution as it will enable seamless upgrades between svn and packaged versions, just remember to backup PostgreSQL data stored inside "/opt/framework-${OLDER_VERSION}/postgresql/data/".