The repository is for Debian but its packages install perfectly well on Kali, as we will show in this post. PowerShell Package Installation in Kali. We begin by installing the necessary dependencies, most of which should already be installed in your Kali installation by default. In this guide, we will show you how to install and setup Kali Linux to the Raspberry Pi. It certainly is an interesting operating system that’s worth checking out. For those who do not know what Kali Linux is, it is a Linux distribution that has been designed purely with digital forensics and software penetration testing in mind.
We have talked a lot about VMware Tools and benefits of running VMware tools in the VMware virtual machines. No matter, VM is running on ESXi or VMware Workstation. VMware tools are very important for VMware virtual Machine. VMware Tools Improves Video Resolution, Improves Color Depth, Improved Network adapter performance, Smooth Mouse Experience, Allow Copy and Paste, drag-and-drop the file and provides the ability to take quiesced snapshots of Guest OS. Take a look at my article to understand everything about VMware Tools version. In the previous article, We have discussed in detail about How to download and Install Kali Linux on VMware. Once Kali Linux is installed, it is very important to install VMware tools on Kali Linux. In this article, We will discuss in detail about the procedure to install VMware Tools on Kali Linux.
VMware Tools includes the below components:
1. VMware Device Drivers – Which provides the drivers for virtual hardware’s including Network adapters. Drivers provide smooth mouse operations, Improve sound, Graphic and performance of the virtual machine.
2. VMware User Process – Provides the ability to copy and paste text between VMware Remote console and Host Operating system. Improves Screen resolution.
3. VMware Services – Handles communication between the guest and host operating system.
How to Install VMware Tools on Kali Linux
In VMware Workstation, Select the Kali Linux VM and Click on “Install VMware Tools” from the VM Menu.
VMware tools ISO will be mounted to the VM and it will be displayed inside the VM. Right-click the “VMware Tools” CD image and click on Open.
Right-click “VMwareTools-XXXX.tar.gz” and click on “Extract to”
Select the Location to extract the VMware Tools ISO image and Click on Select. I have chosen /tmp directory to extract VMware tools files.
VMware tools ISO is extracted to /tmp directory
Right-click the Kali Linux desktop and Click on “Open Terminal”.
Browse towards the /tmp and CD to VMwareTools-XX.X.XX directory.
CD to the directory “vmware-tools-distrib”
Install the VMware tools on Kali Linux using the below command
Installation of VMware tools on Kali Linux is completed successfully.
Type “Reboot” to reboot the Kali Linux for the changes to take effect.
That’s it. we are done with the install VMware tools on Kali Linux. I hope this is informative for you. Thanks for Reading!!!. Be social and share it with social media, if you feel worth sharing it.
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Katoolin
Katoolin (Kali Tools Installer) is a python script that can install tools that are available in Kali Linux on any Debian distribution. We’ll try to install it on Ubuntu machine, but you can use this on any distribution based on Debian. It is available on github, type the following to install it.
Installation
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudoapt-get install python git-y
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ wget-q-O - archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc |sudoapt-key add -
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ wget-q-O - archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc |sudoapt-key add -
The above step in necessary because Katoolin is out of date and sometimes you have to add the key manually for Kali Linux repositories. Now type the following,
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ git clone https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin.git
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudosu
root@ubuntu:/home# cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolin
root@ubuntu:/home# chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolin
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudosu
root@ubuntu:/home# cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolin
root@ubuntu:/home# chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolin
Usage
Now, start katoolin and add Kali Linux repositories.
![Kali Kali](/uploads/1/2/5/7/125733358/395650639.png)
Then type 1
The above option will automatically add Kali’s repositories to your “sources.list” file located in “/etc/apt” directory, so you won’t have to do it manually. Now type 2 to update your system with Kali repositories.
Warning: It is necessary to remove Kali repositories before running “apt-get upgrade”, it can run your system into errors or can cause your Ubuntu Kernel to crash.
Now go back to the main menu using “back” or “gohome” command and then type 2 to view tools categories
Now you can either browse the categories one by one or you can install all the tools by pressing “0”, here we’ll install a tools as a quick demo
It’ll take some time to install, after that you can verify “zzuf” installation using “which” command.
Using this “Katoolin” script will automate the process and will make this easier for you. In this way you can install all tools or just some selected tools you want depending upon your requirements.
Warnings:
- After installing tools, make sure to remove all Kali repositories from your “sources.list” file before upgrading your system. Upgrading Ubuntu with Kali repositories can cause Kernel Panic.
- If you’re using Ubuntu KDE, it is recommended not to install Metasploit Framework because it can cause errors in your Desktop environment. Make sure to read proper documentation to avoid errors.
Conclusion
Kali is great distribution for Ethical Hacking, Penetration testing and other types of security stuff and comes with pre-installed tools and utilities but Ubuntu is a general purpose distro & is great for beginners and has many user friendly applications like snap. If you don’t wanna switch to Kali and want to keep your Ubuntu, you can install all the tools including Metasploit Framework, Burp Suite and other security testing utilities then you can do it by adding Kali’s Repositories to Ubuntu and installing all the tools using Katoolin. It’ll automate the whole process and make it simpler.