Please run the SlackBuild script as root user. 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.metasploit ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.metasploit 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.metasploit ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.metasploit 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" ./metasploit.SalckBuild An optional cron script to keep the framework up to date is distributed inside the /usr/doc/metasploit-${VERSION} directory and it's called "msfupdate.sh", there also is a logrotate config file called "msfupdate.logrotate" which can be useful.