Note: This has been particularly written for the Vagrant VM provided for the Students of Cybersecurity Bootcamp, University of Toronto, Canada
sudo apt update
Now install Ruby and it Development suite
sudo apt install ruby ruby-dev -y
Change directory to sysadmin home
cd ~
Download the BeEF repository from GitHub using git clone
git clone https://github.com/beefproject/beef
Change directory to beef
cd beef
Run the installation command
sudo ./install
The initial screen will appear and ask for 'Y' (Capital Y) to start the installation
Again you will be promped for
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
type 'Y' (Capital Y)
It might take a long time for rubygems to get updated and you might think your VM is hung. But it's normal and be patient.
Looks like installation is successful
Now Change the password from beef to feeb or anything you want
nano config.yaml
Save your changes and Exit nano
Run newly installed BeEF
./beef
Right Click on the link http://127.0.0.1:3000/ui/panel and select Open Link
Or you can paste the following link in your Vagrant VM's Web Browser (e.g. FireFox, Chrome)
http://127.0.0.1:3000/ui/panel
So its up and running
Note:
In a seperate case I encountered an error for not finding some gcc library files and got it fixed using the following installations
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
If the add-apt-repository command cannot be found, run this instead
sudo apt install software-properties-common
Then Run
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-9