20 things to do after installing Kali Linux 1.x

20 things to do after installing Kali Linux 1.x

I’ve compiled a small list of things that I always perform after installing a fresh copy of Kali Linux in this post. Because I got multiple laptops and workstations, I’ve tried to generalize the following instructions to suit everyone’s(including mine??) requirements. This is my top list of 20 things to do after installing Kali Linux. Your requirement’s might be completely different. If you have a suggestion, let me know via comments section. You can comment without registering.. so that’s an easy way to give me feedback and opinion.

WARNING: Following guide was written and tested for Kali Linux 1.x. I am working best to write a guide on Kali Linux 2.0 – Kali Sana. Use this guide at your own risk for Kali Linux 2.0 – Kali Sana.

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Standard Packages:

Standard packages contains anything and everything I found useful. This list if divided into 3 parts:

  • Kali Specific

Kali Linux is a special build from Debian. Kali Linux inherits a lot of the issues from Debian Linux. This section shows you how to resolve of those. They are not specific to Kali Linux only and you might be leave them as it is, but I found that if I see an error my OCD kicks in and I have to make it go away…

  • Useful utilities and Software’s

A collection of utilities and software’s I found useful. These are day to day software’s that are available in most other Linux distributions or at least I think they should be made available as part of a default installation.

  • Enhancements and accessibility

Kali Linux is made to boot up fast and low of resources. But if you have some more CPU and GPU power to spare, you might want to try to make it look more colorful.

Kali Specific:

1. Fix Device not managed error – wired network

If you want NetworkManager to handle interfaces that are enabled in /etc/network/interfaces: Set managed=true in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf. So this file looks like:

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=true

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Read the full article on fixing Wired Network interface “Device not managed” error in Debian or Kali Linux.

2. Fix default repository

The simplest way is to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list remove or comment every-line with # at the front and add the following lines..

 leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

Comment or remove existing config with the following lines:

Kali Linux 2.0 – Kali Sana users – Use the following Repo list:

# Regular repositories
deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security sana/updates main contrib non-free
# Source repositories
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security sana/updates main contrib non-free

Kali Linux 1.x users – you can keep using the repo below:

## Regular repositories
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Source repositories
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

Save and close the file.

Kali Linux 1.x details and explanations can be found in adding official Kali Linux 1.x Repositories page.

Kali Linux 2.x – Kali Sana details and explanations can be found in adding official Kali Linux 2.0 – Kali Sana Repositories page.

3. Update, Upgrade, Dist-Upgrade

Clean, update, upgrade and dist-upgrade your Kali installation.

 apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

4. Fix PulseAudio warning

My Kali throws me this warning:

[warn] PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions ... (warning).

Debian variants also throws similar warning during boot.To fix this do the following:

leafpad /etc/default/pulseaudio

Find this line:

PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=0

Replace 0 with 1

PULSEAUDIO_SYSTEM_START=1

Where, 0 = don’t start in system mode, 1 = start in system mode

reboot

I am having second thoughts about this step, refer to the whole article below to know WHY! If you have a suggestion about it, leave that on that article so that I can sort through them and pick the best one.

Details and explanations can be found in Fixing PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions … (warning) in Kali Linux page.

5. Enable sound on Boot

Follow the steps below to fix sound mute in Kali Linux on boot

apt-get install alsa-utils -y

In GNOME Desktop (The default Kali Desktop)

  • Right Click on the small volume ICON and select Sound Preferences
  • Alternatively, you can also go to Applications > System Tools > Preferences  > System Settings > Sound to bring up the same options.
  • Use the Output volume slider to ON, shown similar the screenshot above. That’s it you’re done. Close Sound window.

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Details and explanations can be found in fixing sound mute in Kali Linux on boot page.

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221 comments

  1. Yap! keep the good working…nicely done!

  2. boss you got something valuable skill man keep going

  3. how about installing firefox after purging iceweasel ? is that good ?
    n can u post complete guide on installing TOR with proxychains (for terminal ) ?

    • Is there much difference between Firefox and IceWeasel? I think it wont make much differnces in terms of usability or functionality, (similarly Chrome and Chromium). TOR with proxychains is definitely a great idea… I’ll add it ASAP. Thanks for the suggestions.

    • Iceweasel is a fork of Firefox. its build on the same code.

      • Geoffrey Morrison

        It had to do with a legal issue: Firefox is too closely associated with commercial code to satisfy Debian’s administrators–they hesitated to incorporate undesired changes to Firefox, Debian thus was forced by Mozilla to change the names of Firefox, Thunderbird, and Seamonkey. (See Wikipedia: “Mozilla Corporation software rebranded by the Debian project.” Debian is more slow and deliberate concerning changes to the distro.)

        For one thing, changing the name to Iceweasel prohibits users from querying Debian developers concerning changes to Firefox. Upon running Iceweasel, “Firefox” and “mozilla” do turn up in error messages, etc., nonetheless.

        Such an animal actually does exist: It appears to be similar to a small, white fox.

  4. hi boss, I have a problem and maybe you can helpmi:

    attempt to install cuda 5.5 in synaptic and installing never end and had to restart, restarting, I could not log, then try to install cuda as drivers (pressing CTRL + ALT + F1, log, stop kdm or gdm3 service installed. ..) and all was apparently well until at one point asked me to delete the grub and do not know how you do that you can help me?

    from here it dobnload (who says RHEL 5.5)
    https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads

    observation:
    after the alleged fellida installation, startup stop being gray with blue dragon and now is light blue

    P.D: sorry if my language is not correct, so I wrote this with the google translator and some of my English comprencion

  5. sory mi gpu is a NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

    http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-9500-gt

  6. your saved my ass bro
    thanks man

  7. Hi … It’s a nice post and really very useful can u guide me through the installation process of ”Transmission” bit torrent client on kali i searched for it but so far i found nothing

    • Hi sachin,
      Kali Linux provides many BitTorrent clients. Use

      apt-cache search bittorrent

      and choose one.
      Then you can install them using apt-get install package-name command.
      i.e.

      apt-get install transmission-gtk 
  8. listen man 3 things:

    1. You rock!! I am a long time Kali user and just found your site today, really great!
    2. lazykali is an excellent script that I always use when installing Kali, bleeding edge repos, automatic flash etc., check it out!
    3. In your section above regarding Tor, I believe the command to start the service is

    service tor start

    :) thanks again for the great work, i used well over half of your suggestions and many of the remaining I had already done!

    • Hi sizzbott,
      Thanks for your comment, made my day :)
      LazyKali is great but I wanted to show hands-down how to install things … Once someone get’s the hang of it, then yeah… go for LazyKali script. 1 click and voila, all done.
      Fixed the command with Tor! Interesting that no one else picked it up.
      Cheers,
      -BMO

  9. Supppeerrr awesome page….. thanks a lot for this…. i found your page 4 days ago and now am really having fun with Kali..
    Thanks once again, Keep up th good work , you are really helping us :-)

  10. foolish_humans

    i love you, MARRY ME! This is the most useful guide i’ve read in my life. THANKS!

  11. thank you blackMORE …. it’s helpful for newbie like me :D

  12. Hi… I have a Intel® 4500MHD Graphics in my Dell E5400 Laptop and i want to figure out if i should be following the instructions to unlock GPU Processing with this GPU. It supports something call OpenCL, though… It is an older laptop and i’m not sure if i should follow those instructions for NVIDIA because even those this is an Intel card it doesn’t clearly state that it is NVIDIA or supports CUDA. PLEASE HELP!

    • Hi Jacob,
      No, CUDA is for NVIDIA cards, FGLRX for AMD.
      Stick with OpenCL but to be honest I haven’t seen anyone successfully managed to use GPU processing on Intel cards. Intel didn’t released Open Source code for their cards as far I am aware of.
      You can find out more about your card by running
      lspci -vv | grep VGA
      Good luck,
      -BMO

      • Thanks for your response… I just found out that this Graphics Card has OpenGL v2.1, which if did my research correctly, is newer and a littler better than OpenCL in some small ways.

        My big question is will it help improve speed at all (or is it even compatible to use) with Pyrit?

  13. Thanks for the quick reply man. Your articles ROCK!

  14. Thanks a lot, freakback again

  15. Nice man how can i follow u?

  16. Thanks man! That’s a good work! :D

  17. how do i save the file after pasting it on the terminal

  18. Good information and thank you. Still on Step3 ‘Update, Upgrade, Dist-Upgrade’. You should probably include a warning that it takes forever. Also you might want to include instructions on how to enable the NumLock key so you don’t have to remember to press it every time you log into your user account.

  19. I can’t get the Java installation to work.

    • Pay attention to the Java version code. You probably didn’t fix the code before running it.

      • I entered:
        tar -xzvf /root/jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz
        mv jdk1.7.0_45 /opt
        cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_45
        …because the file from your link that I downloaded to the root folder is named jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz
        The response I get is “bash: cd: /opt/jdk1.7.0_45: No such file or directory”

        • I also tried:
          tar -xzvf /root/jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz
          mv jdk1.7.0_55 /opt
          cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_55
          …but the response I get is “mv: cannot move `jdk1.7.0_55′ to `/opt/jdk1.7.0_55′: Permission denied”

          • Permission Denied? Is that possibly because I’m not in the root account? I logged into root and it seeemed to work but when I try to verify, the response I receive is “We are unable to verify if Java is currently installed and enabled in your browser.”

          • On a side note; How do I enter root from the terminal when logged into my non root account?

          • I don’t know about your 1st question, but you can start a root terminal session by typing “sudo -i” (no quotes) into the terminal. You will probably have to provide the root password

      • Sorry for hitting you with so much all at once :P

        • Hi Neobyte,

          No worries. You probably tried too many things in one go and lost concentration .. Take a break!!! :) Personally, I usually go and play MMORPG games to divert my mind.

          So many question ..I’ll try to answer one at a time (I think you already figured it out)

          First issue: “No such file or directory”

          I entered:
          tar -xzvf /root/jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz
          mv jdk1.7.0_45 /opt
          cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_45
          …because the file from your link that I downloaded to the root folder is named jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz
          The response I get is “bash: cd: /opt/jdk1.7.0_45: No such file or directory”
          

          The file name here is jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz. So you need to change each command like the following:
          Command in Guide:

          mv jdk1.7.0_45 /opt

          Becomes:

          mv jdk1.7.0_55 /opt

          (You can copy paste whole commands in a leafpad and use replace 45 with 55).
          Why the command is incorrect? It is just not possible for me to maintain 100+ posts along with changing version from multiple vendors. I’ll leave that to readers to figure out.

          Second issue: “Permission denied”

          I also tried:
          tar -xzvf /root/jdk-7u55-linux-x64.tar.gz
          mv jdk1.7.0_55 /opt
          cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_55
          …but the response I get is “mv: cannot move `jdk1.7.0_55′ to `/opt/jdk1.7.0_55′: Permission denied”
          

          I didn’t know you’re using Kali as non-root. All the guides here are written based on Kali default settings which is usually ROOT account user. If you insist using non-root, just add sudo in-front of each line. So your command will be like this:

          sudo cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_55M

          3rd issue: “How do I enter root from the terminal when logged into my non root account?”

          Just use the following command if you’re in sudoers list

          sudo su -

          If you’re not in sudoers list, then su yourself:
          su -
          and type in the root password.

          Hope that helps in someway. But I would suggest to use Kali as root as non-root user would just add more complexity each step. Cheers,
          -BMO

      • I’ve been fooling with Linux and FreeBSD for nearly 20 years–maybe longer: You offer, in tandem, what we note to prove virtually non-existent in this biz–powerful twin talents–erudite tech expertise married to a massive ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively! That proves so welcome and awesome these days–thanks!

        (In the future, people noting this site will desire to assist you–in any manner possible! blackmoreops.com: A vibrant oasis–not the usual mere mirage–in today’s tech morass of chiding condescension along with often needless additional complexity, befuddlement, frustration, anxiety, and uncertainty!)

        • Hi Geoff,
          I like the writing style at Null-Byte but I could never write as good as them! To cover my lack of writing skills, I focus on issues/ideas I’ve actually experienced/tried and solved! (afaik). Thanks again for visiting my site and appreciate your positive comment(s). Cheers,
          -BMO

  20. I also have additional questions about TOR.
    Is TOR in Linux not an actual browser like with Windows for instance or is it integrated with Iceweasel? Seems like the latter. If that’s the case, do you have to enter the “service tor start” and “proxychains iceweasel” commands every time you log in before using Iceweasel in order to browse the web anonymously?
    Also I use Firefox and Chromium in Ubuntu. Will these same commands work with those browsers as well?

    • Yes you’re correct, you have to enable tor and use proxychains command everytime.
      I’ve written it that way because prefer control on what I am doing in each step. By using these two commands:

      service tor start
      proxychains iceweasel

      would somewhat show users the background on what they are doing. Otherwise, you’re just using TOR without understanding what it actually does. Using proxychains and tor, you can do so much more, for example:

      proxychains nmap 110.110.110.111

      will use NMAP, but from behind TOR network. Saying that, yes, Firefox and Chromium would work as well with proxychains.
      You can see the logs here:

      tail -f /var/log/tor/log

      If you want to use TOR as the one and only way, you should be using Vidalia as your browser. See the post on installing tor here. That was written by another user in my site, you can choose which way you prefer.
      But like I said, you then becomes a regular end users who presses a button to accomplish something without understand the mechanism behind it.
      Hope that clears it up.

  21. Kali comes with a ton of issues out of the box and there are just a many different (wrong) solutions floating around the web for each problem. After picking my way through most of my problems and almost having kali purring like a cat I fubared my install following a bunk suggestion.

    I reinstalled and set out to try it again and I ran into this miracle of a site. ALL the (CORRECT!!) solutions for all the problems ALL ON ONE PAGE!!!

    You are my hero. You have reduced hours of googling, cursing and hair pulling to mere minutes of joy. The kali help forums should all be replaced with a link to your site. Hell yea

    • Hi Frylock,
      Thank you for your kind words.
      Kali forum is great as users in there can discuss more advanced stuffs (some are doing great work with scripting and actual development, i.e. PwnSTar ). I write more from an end user point of view with additional explanation that I see fit. But I am not comparable to many advanced users
      But till then, yeah, I will do my best to keep my posts updated with CORRECT info.
      -BMO

  22. Dude you are awesome, thanks for sharing.

  23. E: Unable to locate package ” package name”
    when i install some package
    for eg:

    apt-get install tor
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    Package tor is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source

    E: Package ‘tor’ has no installation candidate
    apt-cache search bittorrent
    root@kali:~# apt-get install transmission-gtk
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    E: Unable to locate package transmission-gtk

  24. Thanks!!

  25. ORACLE JAVA FROM PPA

    su –
    echo “deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main” | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list
    echo “deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main” | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list
    apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys EEA14886
    apt-get update
    apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
    exit

  26. hey brother i want to delete Chrip and Arduino IDE, what should i do.
    Any guidance please

  27. Man I started of using kali linux 5 days ago and i loved it so much i installed ubuntu and ubuntu server 14.04.. Those five days feel like a lifetime ago because ive learnt so much. You especially started me off in the right direction with this post of yours and i just want to say that you will never know how grateful i am lol. The linux community is amazing and helpful and you can answers if you use your brain and search properly. Thanks you so much. (btw i think synaptic was really helpful for me when i started out, even though i broke my system with it :p.. just thought it was worth mentioning!)

  28. Really appreciate the effort you’ve made, hit a few problems but this time round my installation is boss, I’m fairly new so fixing the problems myself is out of the question, I’ve yet to absorb most of the theories behind what’s actually being done, but common sense goes a long way o making things work for yourself!
    Thanks for the help!

  29. Great post!
    Really! Thank you

  30. nice post ..thnx for the post

  31. Per-User sound sessions is actually usefull to me. I like to run an icecast server for streaming media live (DJ Sessions). With “PulseAudio configured for per-user sessions” I can mix while on a user account, and switch user to watch a movie when I cheat and put mixxx in autodj mode. ;)

  32. first i just say wowwww what a post for beginners….i really appreciate it, good work dude.

    HP Pavilion 15-e026AX Laptop (AMD APU Quad Core A10-4600M- 8GB RAM- 1TB HDD- 15.6 Inches- DOS- 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7660G and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 8670M Graphics)

    i was tried your step for Install AMD ATI proprietary driver (fglrx) in Kali Linux. but i lost gru and only commond line

    so plzzz help me to install Graphic card drive in Kali 1.0.7

    and as well as sound,blue tooth etc..

  33. you should probably update your info on installing remmina b/c is has issues with RDP plugin registering and loading.
    i searched for a long time until i found the answer here:
    https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?19548-remmina-can-t-RDP-failes-to-load-rdp-plugin

    user “mhu” posted the following solution that has worked for me every time.
    i’ve edited it for simplicity and to update the package name to the latest version

    Browse to http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libfreerdp1
    and download your suitable package i386 for 32bit and amd64 for 64bit.
    navigate to where you saved the file usually /root/Downloads/
    type: dpkg -i libfreerdp1_1.0.1-1.1+deb7u3_amd64.deb

    And thats it.
    it will fix remmina rdp protocol.

  34. Not realy Anonymous annymore

    Hi BlackMoreOps,
    i realy need help every time i want to upgrade somting i get this error:

    root@Laurens:~# apt-get install alsa-utils -y
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    E: The package firefox-mozilla-build needs to be reinstalled, but I can’t find an archive for it.

    So i wanted to install firefox somtime and i needed to install the firefox-mozilla-build and that din’t work annyway i already have installed firefox with an other way.
    Now every time i want to upgrade somting or download i get this error and i don’t know what to do about it.

    PLLLZZZ help me.

    • I actually posted the solution for pedropt in here : Install FireFox on Kali Linux
      Here it is again anyway
      ————————————–
      Hi pedropt,
      Copy this comment in a Leafpad and try the commands as shown:
      Try removing Firefox
      CMD:
      apt-get remove firefox-mozilla-build
      If remove fails try re-installing
      CMD:
      apt-get install --reinstall firefox-mozilla-buildGood luck.
      -BMO
      --------------------------------------

      This should work for you too.

  35. How can i install appropriate driver for my wireless adaptor ???

  36. Hi mate, wonder if you could help me. What I’m trying to do is to install python mechanize and then run the facebook.py file. Below is the code from the terminal. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

    (by the way, I don’t know if it changes anything or not, but the file has been saved under Desktop)

    root@kali:~# apt-get install python-mechanize
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    python-mechanize is already the newest version.
    python-mechanize set to manually installed.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    root@kali:~# python facebook.py
    python: can’t open file ‘facebook.py’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
    root@kali:~# sudo apt-get install python-mechanize
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    python-mechanize is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    root@kali:~# python facebook.py
    python: can’t open file ‘facebook.py’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
    root@kali:~# python facebook.py

  37. First, thank you for all of this–super helpful. But I’m having one problem…

    When adding apt-add-repository, after creating the script (which I copied/pasted, so no typos), I tested it with the same repository you used as an example and I’m getting this:

    root@smAsh:~# /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository: line 23: syntax error near unexpected token `fi’
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository: line 23: `fi’

  38. Thank you so much for posting this article. I really struggled with those repositories back then, but after I found this website, all the problems that I had had been solved. Thank you so much, and I look forward to your future articles:)

  39. for part 10 there’s no add-apt-repository in /usr/sbin ???
    also the file is in /usr/bin ???
    i’m lost ….

    my installation
    Description: Debian GNU/Linux Kali Linux 1.0.7
    Release: Kali Linux 1.0.7

  40. how can i only dist-upgrade not others
    here is my sourse list [given below]… which repositories i have to close

    # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ – Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20140108-17:05]/ kali contrib main non-free

    # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 _Kali_ – Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20140108-17:05]/ kali contrib main non-free

    ## Security updates
    deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security/ kali/updates main contrib non-free

    ## debian 7 main (this is just a comment)
    # deb http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali main contrib non-free
    # deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali/ kali main contrib non-free

    ## NEW
    deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
    deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
    deb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free
    deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib non-free
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
    deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main/debian-installer
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main/debian-installer
    deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-bleeding-edge main

  41. hi…..when i am installing kali linux 1.0.7 i cannot detect my windows 7 partition done previously when installing the windows 7, it shows me that entire disk is free of space,what to do for this step to detect my partitions….so help me guys what to do at this step plzzzzzzzz……..also if i do the partition at that stage my data will be fully erased with windows OS,after installing i cannot install windows OS i m stucked at partition stage help me guyzzz what to do……plzzzz…..plzzzzz….plzzz……i m installing kali without virtual machine…i m installing directly by DVD-ROM

  42. Hello this is best Thank you!!!!!!!! but can i ask you a question

    My computer is acer aspire v3-571g
    CPU= Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
    GPU= Nvidia Geforce gt 630M 1GB
    RAM= 8GB

    and i cant control the brightness of the screen and i’ve tried to install it and it worked but cant get rid of the black screen!!!

    so Please Please Help!!!!!!!

    • i meant i’ve tried installing the nvidia driver and it workded but…..

    • Someone posted a similar issue in Kali forum, search for screen brightness problem on Kali Linux. I can’t remember on top of my head but I think it was something to do with Bluetooth being turned on. As for NVIDIA driver, follow the new post here

  43. inposible to install nvidia drivers,always blackscreen,fix with rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf after dont have nvidia

  44. krishna krishna

    Thanks iam really sucking with this may this post can help me out thanks a lot

  45. broo plz help me i newly install kali linux 1.0.8 in my laptop amd64bit i update and upgrade it when i type in terminal apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree it say enable to locate package only not lash player evething that contain apt-get install is not installing what i do plz help me
    as soon as possible

  46. very nice! thank you!

  47. Dude! nice list!

  48. thanx man that was very helpfull and so perfect

  49. root@r3fr3sh:/usr/sbin# /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository: line 1: f: command not found
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `then’
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository: line 4: `then’

  50. Just amazing! thanx so much for your input, I would have never known all the above was needed on a fresh install of kali L My kali is now all it can be NICE!!

  51. Awesome post! I’m kind of stuck at a place. Help me out! How do I save the file in the add-apt-repository part?

  52. update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/javac 1

    every time i put this command in I get

    update-alternatives: error: alternative path /opt/jre1.7.0_67/bin/javac doesn’t exist

    Can someone please help

    • Just create the folder manually and it should work.

      this is how I did it.

      sudo mkdir /opt/jdk1.7.0_45/
      sudo mkdir /opt/jdk1.7.0_45/bin
      sudo mkdir /opt/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/javac

      sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_45/bin/javac 1

  53. this is a bash script i wrote to do all the work for you all the way up to “more advanced stuffs”.
    might need tweaking to work for you.

    #! /bin/bash
    echo starting Kali upgrades...
    
    #! Fix device not managed error
    echo Fixing device not managed error...
    echo '[main]' > test.txt
    echo 'plugins=ifupdown,keyfile' >> test.txt
    echo '[ifupdown]' >> test.txt
    echo 'managed=true' >> test.txt
    mv /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf.old
    cp test.txt /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
    rm test.txt
    echo done.
    
    #! Fix default repository
    echo Fixing default repository...
    echo '## Regular repositories' > test.txt
    echo 'deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib' >> test.txt
    echo 'deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free' >> test.txt
    echo '## Source repositories' >> test.txt
    echo 'deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib' >> test.txt
    echo 'deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free' >> test.txt
    mv /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.old
    cp test.txt /etc/apt/sources.list
    rm test.txt
    echo done.
    
    #! Update, Upgrade, Dist-Upgrade
    echo updating system...
    apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
    echo done.
    
    #! Installs applications
    echo installing applications...
    echo installing alsa utils
    apt-get install alsa-utils -y
    
    echo installing flash
    apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree -y
    update-flashplugin-nonfree --install -y
    
    echo installing file roller
    apt-get install unrar unace rar unrar p7zip zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar file-roller -y
    
    echo installing tor
    apt-get install tor -y
    
    
    echo installing filezilla
    apt-get install filezilla filezilla-common -y
    
    echo installing HTOP and Nethogs
    apt-get install htop nethogs -y
    
    echo installing remina and recordmydesktop
    apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop recordmydesktop remmina -y
    
    echo installing gdebi package manager
    apt-get install gdebi -y
    
    echo installing uget
    apt-get install uget -y
    
    echo done.
    
    
    
    #! enables auto login at boot
    echo Enabling auto login at boot...
    echo '# GDM configuration storage - modified for Kali' > test.txt
    echo '#' >> test.txt
    echo '# See /usr/share/gdm/gdm.schemas for a list of available options.' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '[daemon]' >> test.txt
    echo '# Enabling automatic login' >> test.txt
    echo '  AutomaticLoginEnable = true' >> test.txt
    echo '  AutomaticLogin = root' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '# Enabling timed login' >> test.txt
    echo '#  TimedLoginEnable = true' >> test.txt
    echo '#  TimedLogin = user1' >> test.txt
    echo '#  TimedLoginDelay = 10' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '# Reserving more VTs for test consoles (default is 7)' >> test.txt
    echo '#  FirstVT = 9' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '[security]' >> test.txt
    echo 'AllowRoot = true' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '[xdmcp]' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '[greeter]' >> test.txt
    echo '# Only include selected logins in the greeter' >> test.txt
    echo '# IncludeAll = false' >> test.txt
    echo '# Include = user1,user2' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '[chooser]' >> test.txt
    echo '' >> test.txt
    echo '[debug]' >> test.txt
    echo '# More verbose logs' >> test.txt
    echo '# Additionally lets the X server dump core if it crashes' >> test.txt
    echo '#  Enable = true' >> test.txt
    mv /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf.old
    cp test.txt /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf
    rm test.txt
    echo done...
    
    
    
    
    
    #! add debian repository
    echo adding debian repository
    apt-get install python-software-properties -y
    apt-get install apt-file -y
    apt-file update -y
    apt-file search add-apt-repository -y
    cd /usr/sbin
    
    #! Add debian repository
    echo Adding Debian repository...
    echo '#!/bin/bash' > test.txt
    echo 'if [ $# -eq 1 ]' >> test.txt
    echo 'NM=`uname -a && date`' >> test.txt
    echo 'NAME=`echo $NM | md5sum | cut -f1 -d" "`' >> test.txt
    echo 'then' >> test.txt
    echo  'ppa_name=`echo "$1" | cut -d":" -f2 -s`' >> test.txt
    echo  'if [ -z "$ppa_name" ]' >> test.txt
    echo  'then' >> test.txt
    echo    'echo "PPA name not found"' >> test.txt
    echo    'echo "Utility to add PPA repositories in your debian machine"' >> test.txt
    echo    'echo "$0 ppa:user/ppa-name"' >> test.txt
    echo  'else' >> test.txt
    echo    'echo "$ppa_name"' >> test.txt
    echo    'echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/$ppa_name/ubuntu oneiric main " >> /etc/apt/sources.list' >> test.txt
    echo    'apt-get update >> /dev/null 2> /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt' >> test.txt
    echo    'key=`cat /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt | cut -d":" -f6 | cut -d" " -f3`' >> test.txt
    echo    'apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys $key' >> test.txt
    echo    'rm -rf /tmp/${NAME}_apt_add_key.txt' >> test.txt
    echo  'fi' >> test.txt
    echo 'else' >> test.txt
    echo  'echo "Utility to add PPA repositories in your debian machine"' >> test.txt
    echo  'echo "$0 ppa:user/ppa-name"' >> test.txt
    echo  'fi' >> test.txt
    cp test.txt /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository
    rm test.txt
    chmod o+x /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository
    chown root:root /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository
    echo done.
    
    #! downloads themes
    echo downloading Themes...
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
    /usr/sbin/add-apt-repository ppa:alecive/antigone
    echo done.
    
    #! downloads JDK
    echo downloading JDK
    wget -nc --retry-connrefused -O /root/java.tar.gz -c --tries=0 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/funtoo/distfiles/oracle-java/jdk-7u67-linux-i586.tar.gz
    echo download complete.
    
    #! installs JDK
    echo installing JDK
    tar -xzvf /root/java.tar.gz
    mv jdk1.7.0_67 /opt
    cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_67
    echo done.
    echo script complete please restart
    echo type reboot and press enter to reboot now or just type exit to close
    read xit
    $xit
    
    • There is an error in the above script that I wrote.
      I made a mistake and placed a -y after the flash update giving us
      “update-flashplugin-nonfree –install -y”
      without the quotes of course.
      This entry should read
      “update-flashplugin-nonfree –install”
      or flash will not work.

      Mahalo and my apologies for not catching my mistake sooner.

    • THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOUR A TRUE HACKER MY BOSS

  54. Few more thing su can add are: VMware Player + A Script To relay TOR IPs + toilet/figlet + open fixtracking[dot]com from Iceweasel/Chrome & add disconnect /ABP. (y)

  55. whether these improvements can be applied to live usb?

  56. I’m unable to find my wireless network.. In network section there is only wired network .. please help me.. i need to connect to my wifi..

  57. I have been looking for a detailed guide like this ages ago. Hope you continue to provide newer updates as well. Keep Rocking BMO!

  58. You are so genius person.well.
    We except more from you .. thanks…….

  59. i m facing this problem.
    apt-get install unrar unace rar unrar p7zip zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar file-roller -y
    E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (13: Permission denied)
    E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
    And i tried to clean the dircetory but can’t solve this.
    And one more thing i want to install VMWare tools in kali Linux .what will i do.i tried but
    many times but could not find proper header file.i alreary installed it.but cant do that

    • Is your package installer open?

    • Hi chiragmoradiya,
      1. Are you trying to update/install too many things in multiple terminals? You can only use 1 terminal to update/install at a time – this is done to keep package manager clean.
      2. Are you logged in as root user? Or do you have sudo privileges?
      3. As for headers, I think you’ve installed an older Kali Linux version. Only Kali 1.0.8 or newer versions can update now. (Kali Dev team removed old packages).
      Cheers,
      -BMO

  60. Dude… Totally awesome!!! Thanks so much for putting all this info in one place!

  61. hello i have a problem. when i was trying to get the update and upgrade a had this problem: E could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock – open ( 13: premission denied)
    E: unable to lock the download directory. What should i do .

  62. when I tried to do a sms spoofing attack with setoolkit I get this error:
    [!] Something went wrong, printing the error: No module named sms_client

  63. amigo muchas gracias por la pagina, estoy volviendo a retomar el tema de linux y me volvi a sentir como hace 5 años, totalmente perdido xD, queria poder cambiar algunas cosas en mi kali linux y me encontre con tu pagina y… mil gracias en serio mil gracias por toda la info, perdona que no lo traduzca, pero… creo que es mejor que te lo exprese tal como lo pienso a decirtelo en un pesimo ingles

  64. u forgot how to install Torrent Client

  65. Fantastic guide! I’ve been using this as an install reference since it was published with perfect results. Just one thing with regard to the MATE Desktop install; the mentioned repo: “deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main” has recently stopped working. Is it (& “deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian wheezy main” no longer supported due to the upcoming Debian support in Wheezy?). The repo: “deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main” seems to do the trick now & offered many new updates & features for my Kali installation… Thanks for the brilliant Kali page; really appreciate the work & time you’ve put into it :) SP

  66. Hey so i;m a first time Kali user and i have tried googling for a solution to this problem before bugging you, but anytime i try to install java (i’m running 32-bit Kali) and i put in the command:

    “update-alternatives –install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so mozilla-javaplugin.so /opt/jdk1.8.0_20/jre/lib/i368/libnpjp.so 1”

    i constantly get this error message:

    “update-alternatives: error: alternative path /opt/jdk1.8.0_20/jre/lib/i368/libnpjp.so doesn’t exist”

    i dunno what it is that i’m doing wrong, again sorry for bugging you, I just really wanna get this up and running.

    Thank you!

  67. Java 32 bit

    tar -xzvf /root/jdk-7u71-linux-i586.tar.gz
    mv jdk1.7.0_71 /opt
    cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_71

    update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.7.0_71/bin/java 1
    update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_71/bin/javac 1
    update-alternatives –install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so mozilla-javaplugin.so /opt/jdk1.7.0_71/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 1
    update-alternatives –set java /opt/jdk1.7.0_71/bin/java
    update-alternatives –set javac /opt/jdk1.7.0_71/bin/javac
    update-alternatives –set mozilla-javaplugin.so /opt/jdk1.7.0_71/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

  68. LAZY KALI: updates and installs more extras

    https://lazykali.googlecode.com/files/lazykali.sh

  69. Where is the “Donate” button at man!? You just saved the rest of my hair. Great article, thanks!

  70. YOU FUCKING ROCK!!! ..lol :)

  71. Hey mate, I notice on kali 1.09, people seem to have problems with proxychains 3 that ships by default, something is buggy.

    proxychains iceweasel (gives errors, may expose you)
    ERROR: ld.so: object ‘libproxychains.so.3’ from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.

    I’ve removed the default version ‘sudo apt-get remove proxychains’ and gone to the new proxychains 4.

    git clone https://github.com/rofl0r/proxychains-ng
    cd proxychains-ng

    ./configure –prefix=/usr –sysconfdir=/etc
    sudo make
    sudo make install
    sudo make install-config (installs proxychains.conf)

    You wont have any problems after this, give the new version4 a try…

    proxychains4 iceweasel (perfect) =]

  72. Thanks so much , that helped us , i wish that i can follow you all the time ,
    i have a question , can you send to us , a way how to hide ourselves from the internet ?
    a way how to fix the tor , and how to use it ?
    how to install openvpn , and how to use it ?
    i’ll be glad if you answer to me ….

  73. Hey …I need help in 10th point how do I save the edited repository file and while changing desktop environment it’s showing errors…I am new to linux..so, help me out…and no doubt it’s an amzing page…and great knowledge…thanks in advance

  74. You could also add a section about installing multimedia codecs.

  75. xyxyxyxyxy@gmail.com

    Thank You

  76. Wow, I was about to give up using Kali Linux but this really helped me out. I love people like you that makes posts like this one.Thanks ALOT! :)

  77. dear brother i really need your help, this is the 4th time that i have reinstalled Kali Linux, everything goes well but suddenly a problem comes out when every I restart Kali Linux. I’m posting the snapshot of this problem and please help me get rid of this forever, I will be very thankful to you, I’m waiting for your answer,

  78. I got a error message if i want to proxychain my iceweasel …
    In the terminal iseweasel says ” can’t exec proxyresolv: ….. ”
    Thanks for help…

  79. These are very helpful guidelines for beginner Kali users :) thanks soo much!!
    but, i have an issue with my wireless interface whereas everytime i start my interface (wlan0), i get unwanted processes which stuff up the exploit. There’s always a negative value such as -1. Please help me if you have any suggestions, thanks again

  80. Geoffrey Morrison

    Another issue concerns the increasing limitations of Adobe’s Flash in Firefox and variants. A related concern is the lack of Windows- and Google-related media playback support. Adobe has decided to kill support for Flash in Firefox–natively, users are stuck with Linux binary version 12.2. (Chrome invokes “Pepper,” a more advanced Flash architecture.) For a time, distro developers were able to get around this. Nonetheless, error messages and non-function again greet open source users frequently.

    A relatively new project, “Pipelight,” greatly alleviates such issues (so far) in Firefox and variants. Pipelight proves analogous to a “wrapper” for current binary Windows media plugins from Adobe, Google, and Microsoft. (Other available plugins prove more experimental at this time.) After installing Pipelight, via terminal commands and repository additions, one may then chose the plugins to enable (or to disable).

    Needless to say, installing Pipelight is not supported directly by Linux distros. It proves instead akin to installing Linux binary video card or wireless/wired network hardware device drivers and firmware.

    I find that the project proves to be planned and executed very patiently and expertly….

    • I’d be interested in learning more about pipelight, especially if it is a viable/working alternative to adobe Flash. Thank you.

  81. Loving your work. Nice list , Thank you.

  82. BMO, i’m so addicted to this page that i can’t install kali without coming here…..but my fear is will this page exist till i die? lolz…………..sometimes when the server is down, i get disappointed…..Thanks man, great work.

  83. Bro can u tell me how to dual boot Kali with windows 8.1 single language bing edition(a detailed guide).Its not only my problem as most of the beginners are facing this problem and its challenging too.I hope you will also find it interesting .Once again thanx for this wonderful communication hub(Blackmore ops).

  84. I am trying to get my second monitor to display (via HDMI) from my kali linux 3.18.0-kali1-amd64. I have an Intel Corporation Haswell-Ult DRAM Controller. xserver-xorg-video-intel is version 2.2.19.0-6. I realize this is very old, but don’t know if/how I can upgrade without dependency issues. I don’t even know if that will correct my issue.

    The second Monitor isn’t recognized and show “unknown”. Does anybody else have this issue and have a reasonable solution? I have looked allot and cannot figure out the solution.

  85. Awsome dude love it!

    • After installing kali 1.1.0 i was getting sound while playing videos on youtube but after installing flash there is no sound at all. Would you please help me with this ?

      • I did install flash along with other software’s mentioned in this page. But there is no problem with the sound as i can play movies and videos. I got an info from another page that after installing the drivers for AMD/ATI that would have an issue with the sound in the browser.So i removed the fglrx drivers and still the issue persists.Would you please let me know what can be done to fix it.

  86. brother plz help to install adobe flash player :( this trick isn’t working on kali linux 1.1.0

  87. when installing archive manager command says unable to locate packages any help

  88. you can see here as well http://i59.tinypic.com/2ytoema.jpg

  89. HI admin the default repository fix doesn’t work for me either coz it asks to replace original sources.list and i click yes then it gives me error “Can’t open the file to write”

    you can see here

    http://i57.tinypic.com/4vgye8.jpg

  90. i cant type in terminal when it asks for pass….and i cant install softwares by using apt-get install…..it keep giving error cant parse or open such things…help me? thanks in advance

  91. how do you put a torent downloader

  92. Hey BMO,

    This is probably the 15th or 16th time i’ve used your post as a reference when mucking with a clean Kali install. About 6 months ago I jumped into the linux world with Kali and this one post alone has taught me so much! I really can’t express my gratitude for your great posts! Keep up the good work mate!

  93. @www.blackmoreops.com how much data has been used in apt-get update, apt-get upgrade && apt-get install dkms in Kali Linux as i have a slow connection and its taking too much time and sometimes fails. Do You Know about it

    • Hi Sunil,
      I don’t know! But you probably can find out by typing:

      apt-get update
      apt-get upgrade

      When you type in apt-get upgrade it shows you the estimated download volume.
      Another way is to change repo to a faster one.. Follow this article. It allows you to change repo to a faster and closer one to your location. Hope either helps. Cheers,
      -BMO

  94. Sorry, I may miss this.. I am new with Kali Linux.. after installing Recordmydesktop and Reminna Remote Desktop Client, how can I use these features esp the remote desktop ?
    Thanks!

    • Hi NewKali,
      Google it mate, heaps of articles on that as the software is standard across all Linux distro’s. I didn’t wanted to make this article too long …
      -BMO

  95. This is very useful to me. I’m appreciated. Thank you so much.

  96. Excellent resource your site, many thanks. I broke many installs trying to get CUDA running, and now I am stuck on 340.xx NVIDIA drivers. Before I tackle that again, is there a way to make a system image (much like Windows) so I can start from a known working point if I fail again?

  97. point no 13, 15, 16 doen’t work

  98. awesome post m8 keep the good work! “chapeau!”

  99. Hi admin, I am unable to find an appropriate driver for my wireless card. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  100. nice writing
    can you provide some link for learning hacking with kali linux
    thanks

  101. The result was a loss of wifi capability, freezing of file manager and gnome desktop BUT the odd part was that it was persistent for several reboots and the desktop still freezes as of this the 5th restart. Can anyone help me understand this phenomena?

  102. the first half of my previous comment was cut. here is what it said.
    Earlier today I noticed this character “☻”. So i decided to play with it.
    I renamed a bash file “☻” and had another bash file call it like this
    “xterm -e sudo ~/Desktop/MACcerb/☻”. The result was a loss of wifi capability, freezing of file manager and gnome desktop BUT the odd part was that it was persistent for several reboots and the desktop still freezes as of this the 5th restart. Can anyone help me understand this phenomena?

  103. How to install Broadcom wireless drivers BCM43142a0 for my Dell inspiron 15 3520 please help

  104. What website can I refer to get these different themes? Also, how do I know whether I have GTK2+ or GTK3+? Thx

  105. i was not able to install software-center . am getting errors when i hit apt-get install software-center. in terminal. Down gives the error..
    What should i do?
    Reading package lists… Error!
    E: Unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/http.kali.org_kali_dists_kali_main_binary-amd64_Packages (1)
    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

  106. how to install python in kali linux

  107. In the last section unlocking gpu possessing how would I do that if i have a intell computer

    • If you have an Intel computer with dedicated (ATI/Nvidia) graphics follow the how to in ‘section 4’ of this great guide, if you’re stuck with Intel integrated (built-in) graphics like Intel’s Iris® Graphics, Intel® HD Graphics or basically just Intel® Graphics Technology then you’re out of luck I’m sorry to say… Build yourself a cheap ‘desktop’ with a dedicated GPU graphics card if you really want to harness the power of GPU processing; there are a few great cards from both major vendors that won’t break the bank & still offer fantastic processing power. If you’re new to Linux then get used to spending a little more time with Google (or any other search engine)…

  108. Thank you sir… for your usefull information… i was surfing web since i installed kali linux. i am beginner.. i found your article as very usefull to me… thanks a lot

  109. Step 10 is working all the way through to the last stage, but just gets stuck when trying to add any new ppa: changed the codename from Oneiric to Trusty. Here is the image: [a href=”https://chamundesigns.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/step10.png”]Image[/a]

  110. Nishada Weerawardana

    i already have install gnome-tweak-tool.but after several days can’t open advance setting and change my gnome theme.so how i can fix this error.can u help me

  111. A quick note to new users: blackMORE Ops gets more likes & thanks, post-to-post, than he/she/they can thank personally, so don’t take it personally if you don’t get a direct reply to YOUR post. If you do post a question that doesn’t get answered, well then welcome to the real world of *nix: you’ve probably asked for something you can find a quick solution for via Google. If you do find a solution, then come back & post it to help other new users. Now you’re a real contributor… A lot of these questions have actual solutions right here on blackMORE Ops; you don’t have to look very far at all… If you want to become proficient with Kali Linux you’ll need to start digging deep & give up the spoon-feeding you’ve become accustomed to. I’ve spent at least two hours a day for 18 months sharpening my skills with Kali & I still come back to this guide for any new install. Rock on blackMORE Ops; you’ve helped me more than any other Kali-based resource ☺

  112. Guys what about the newest version of Linux Kali 2.0? Any of this necessary to do?

  113. why i can’t upgrade kali linux to any version
    i do every things ;, i do the sources list but it say impossible to upgrade

  114. One thing I might add is getting set up for exfat support for USB device use. That’s something I always end up doing using exfat-fuse and exfat-utils as soon as I get Kali up and running.

  115. I have problem in wireless connection :P

  116. hi admin, thanks for you post.
    please am have this error on kali 2.0 while trying to install apt-file

    “he following packages have unmet dependencies:
    apt-file : Depends: libapt-pkg-perl but it is not going to be installed
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.”

    dont know how to go about it. didnt find it on Google either.

  117. When will this be out for 2.0

  118. why shouldn’t you install flashplayer?

  119. root@merlin:~# apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
    Err http://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Sources 404 Not Found
    W: Failed to fetch http://security.kali.org/kali-security/dists/kali/updates/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found

    root@merlin:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list

    Regular repositories

    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
    deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

    Source repositories

    deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
    deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

    this is my fresh install … it about 5-10 times that i reinstalled kali everytime same problem

    • You need to use the updated repositories for Kali Sana (assuming you are installing that).
      If you’re using old Kali 1.x, then it’s not supported anymore.

      • im using kali-linux-1.1.0a-amd64 bit … all was woring well for years nothing like this but couple of days ago when I gave update upgrade command to Kali it returned with the above mentioned errors.. no mattter how many times i Install Kali it gives the same errror.. I have update to latest repos from Kali official site as well.. I dont use sana coz i dont like the way it is build….
        so if i cant update softwares anymore whats the point of using it ?? isnt there any solution to this?? you said its not supported anymore please elaborate a little more…

  120. Hi BMO,
    Many thanks for your reply. I know that Kali 1.x is done and dusted and wont be updated any longer, however I did find this on the Kali website which still allows certain updates to Kali1.x but it wont be maintained or updated any further.

    https://www.kali.org/news/kali-moto-eol/

    “Kali Moto Repository Purge

    We’ve given Kali Moto (1.0) a good two months of grace time and will be purging the unsupported 1.0 distribution files from our repositories in the next few days. If you’re still using Kali 1.0 then it’s definitely time to either upgrade or update.
    cat << EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib
    deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security/ sana/updates main contrib non-free
    EOF

    apt-get update
    apt-get dist-upgrade # get a coffee, or 10.
    reboot

    If for some reason you can’t upgrade, we’ve set aside an archive mirror of Kali 1.0, which can be set as follows:
    cat << EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list
    deb http://old.kali.org/kali moto main non-free contrib
    EOF

    Please note, this repository will not be maintained or updated.”

    Hope this is of some use after a fresh install of Kali1.x

    Cheers
    Doug

  121. What is the fuck of > Kali Sana

  122. Do you know how to hack / android phone without Wi Fi or backdoor.apk using Kali Linux ?

    -> social engineering toolkit
    -> what is target phone connected website & ip address

    :)

  123. so helpful. the noble work of a gifted teacher. thank you this.

  124. when installing kali 2.0 , the network autoconfiguration fails .after installation , there is no option for wifi. admin please help

  125. My kali linux 2.0 freezes. Nothing works after a few minutes of boot. Please give some useful advice…

  126. When i wanted to add repository it showed me syntax error on the second line of code pointing to $ symbol. Is it okay if i add the code, not replace it? Sorry for english though.

  127. Hey I have a problem on Kali device. Only one Wi-Fi network whenever I try to connect. I’m unable to search for another. Whenever I search only one Wi-Fi network shows up. Please help me guys.

  128. At the end of the document in the link below, it reads:

    John Sheeks
    Cyber Engineer
    US Army Cyber Protection Brigade

    http://www.academia.edu/8048908/20_things_to_do_after_installing_Kali_Linux

    Can you believe this guy copy-pasted your article and uploaded it as if he had written it? How ridiculous is that? US Army Cyber Protection Brigade… so ridiculous, it pisses me off. You should contact Academia.edu at:

    Copyright Agent
    c/o Academia.edu
    251 Kearny Street, #520
    San Francisco, CA 94108
    email: copyright@academia.edu
    phone: +1 (650) 271-9312
    fax: +1 (415) 520-6926

  129. apt-get install alsa-utils -y
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/dl.google.com_linux_chrome_deb_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages)
    W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
    E: Unable to locate package alsa-utils

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  131. root@kali:~# apt-get install gdebi
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    Package gdebi is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source

    E: Package ‘gdebi’ has no installation candidate

  132. Respected Friends,
    I have install kali linux on my laptop.After installing the kali i update and upgarde it but my laptop dont play the sound i mean when i install th sound it says alpa-base not install what to do no idea?

  133. Can I use my GPU NIVIDA graphics in virtualbox kali also ?

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  135. can you please help sqlmap is not working on my kali linux 2016.1

  136. Nice Blog. Very interesting information. Thanks for sharing with us.

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