Tag: Ruby Version Manager

Installing WPScan on Ubuntu 16.04

Wanted, I do, WPScan in order to do WordPress pen testing. It looks like a good product, and I do WordPress webmaster admin work, so this is an appropriate tool.

The install instructions from WPScan.org are a bit daunting, and it turns out, not correct for Ubuntu 16.04. WPScan uses Ruby, which uses the Ruby Version manager RVM. I took their advice and installed with RVM, but you still need to install RVM. I needed to modify their instructions for a proper install. The general steps are: