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

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?

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

whether these improvements can be applied to live usb?

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

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