SIFT workstation : fix rip.pl error 'Global symbol "$plugindir" requires explicit package name'

If you are using the current version of the SIFT workstation, the installed version of RegRipper has a bug that shows the following error message: 'Global symbol "$plugindir" requires explicit package name'. Luckily this bug is easy to fix. Here is how...

First, make a backup of rip.pl, you never know...

sudo cp /usr/share/regripper/rip.pl \
    /usr/share/regripper/rip.pl.back

Then edit rip.pl:

sudo nano -c /usr/share/regripper/rip.pl

And add the following block at line 66:

# Define $plugindir
# https://cylab.be/blog/287/sift-workstation-fix-rippl-error-global-symbol
my $plugindir = File::Spec->catfile($scriptdir, "plugins");

Now rip.pl should run as expected...

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