20 things to do after installing Kali Linux 1.x

Yap! keep the good working…nicely done!

Thanks for the quick reply man. Your articles ROCK!

I can’t get the Java installation to work.

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

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!)

Great post!
Really! Thank you

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. ;)

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

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

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 .

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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?

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

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

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?

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

how to install python in kali linux

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

:)

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

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

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.

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

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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:

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