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Download and Install Kali

Download Kali from the Offensive Security site, as either a virtual machine (recommended) or an ISO image.

For most cases, I suggest VMware Player, which unfortunately requires registering a throwaway account with VMware. Alternatively, VirtualBox is a pretty solid open-source alternative.

After Installation

After install, you should consider:

  • Change your Kali root password, if you haven't already:
    • Go to Applications (in the top-left)
    • Highlight Favorites (at the top), and carefully move the mouse cursor right and down to choose Terminal.
    • Now, run the sudo passwd command.
    • Enter your new password twice to make sure you didn't have any typos. If you mess up, just re-run the sudo passwd command.
    • Type exit to close the Terminal.
  • Screen savers are irritating, especially in a VM:
    • Open the settings GUI (use the dropdown in the top-right, then the wrench button).
    • Open the Power settings, and set Blank Screen to Never.
  • Screen locks aren't off yet:
    • If you don't have Settings open: Open the settings GUI (use the dropdown in the top-right, then the wrench button).
    • If you already have Settings open: Use the left-arrow in the top-left of the Settings screen to go back to the main selection.
    • Click on Privacy.
    • Set Screen Lock to Off.
  • VMs think they should be using WiFi and Bluetooth. I disagree:
    • If you don't have Settings open: Open the settings GUI (use the dropdown in the top-right, then the wrench button).
    • If you already have Settings open: Use the left-arrow in the top-left of the Settings screen to go back to the main selection.
    • Click on Bluetooth.
    • Move the slider knob to the left (at the top of the panel). This enables Airplane Mode and disables Bluetooth

Installing Tools

Here's a pastable of what I've got installed on my Kali machine. (Note: The following instructions assume you are running as root.)

# GENERAL UBUNTU UPDATES
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get autoremove

# UPDATE METASPLOIT FRAMEWORK -- this'll take a few minutes
msfupdate

# SUPPORT x86 BINARIES ON AN x64 PLATFORM
apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386

# (OPTIONAL) APT-FILE
# Used when some stupid CTF challenge has a dependency a library you need to find
#   root@kali:~/Desktop# apt-file search libssl.so.1.0.2
#   libssl1.0.2: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.2
apt-get install apt-file
apt-get update

# (OPTIONAL) THEFUCK
# A handy Bash extension to fix a ludicrous number of brain-dead 2AM mistakes:
#   root@kali:~/Desktop/IOLI-crackme/bin-linux# apt-get search tcpreplay
#   E: Invalid operation search
#   root@kali:~/Desktop/IOLI-crackme/bin-linux# fuck
#   apt-cache search tcpreplay [enter/↑/↓/ctrl+c]
#   tcpreplay - Tool to replay saved tcpdump files at arbitrary speeds
apt update
apt install python3-dev python3-pip
-H pip3 install thefuck
echo 'eval "$(thefuck --alias)' >> ~/.bashrc

# A PLACE TO STORE DOWNLOADED GIT REPOS
mkdir ~/git

# DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL RADARE2 FROM GIT
cd ~/git
git clone https://github.com/radare/radare2.git
cd radare2
sys/install.sh