I think everyone has known - we need to install katoolin to use Kali Linux Tools on Ubuntu. IntroductionKatoolin is a collection of scripts for automating the installation of Kali linux tools in different platforms other than Kali linux, and installing Kali linux tools with Katoolin in other OSs or Windows Subsystem for Linux is always less secure than installing the same tools in Kali Linux. Kali Linux is named after the Hindu goddess of destruction which should give the user some indication that even Kali Linux itself is risky and difficult to manage, especially for new users.Katoolin draws its tools from a variety of sources including apt and GitHub. Katoolin doesn't know anything about the platform that it is running on, so the safest way to use Katoolin is to install each tool the hard way one tool at a time, checking each time to see if that tool is included in the default Ubuntu repositories and if so installing it that way instead. When the installation is finished, the software sources that were added by Katoolin should be immediately disabled in order to prevent Katoolin from replacing packages that were installed from the default Ubuntu repositories with its own updated packages whenever Ubuntu software is updated.Installation of Kali linux tools(Re)install Katoolin as follows:.Open the terminal and type: sudo apt install gitgit clone && sudo cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolin.Make /usr/bin/katoolin executable. Sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolin.Run Katoolin as follows and you will see the Katoolin interface: cd /usr/bin/sudo./katoolinView the categories of available software in katoolin interfacePress 0 to install all Kali linux tools.When you go to View Categories and then enter 0 for all, the installer will immediately return to where you were. Scroll up, and you'll see that a number of the packages can't be found.
Sep 21, 2018 - The first step is to set correct Kali Linux repositories. Individual packages using apt install PACKAGE-NAME or upgrade all packages at once. How to install any software in Kali Linux by apt-get. Kali Linux has 400 software pre-installed, but if we talk about repository then it consist more than 2000 tools. And some time we need to install software in Kali Linux. So question is this “how to install any software in kali linux apt-get?” In this tutorial I am going tell you about apt-get utility, which is used for managing software.
Those packages are no longer maintained or have been removed from the Kali repositories. Even with this issue, you'll still find a lot of the Kali software available for installation.So the best option is to install Kali linux tools in a series of distinct steps. Just like if you want to install Forensic tools on your system, then choose its option from the category and then type 0 to install all forensics tools. If this still doesn't work, then you have to install whatever forensic tools that can be installed one package at a time.This is why the Katoolin interface sometimes hangs when you try to install all of the Kali linux tools at once. Take the time of waiting for the server to respond to a request for a package that is not available and multiply it by how many unavailable Kali linux tools there are in the Katoolin repositories.If you wish to go back to the main menu, type gohome in your katoolin interface.
Now select the option 3 or 4 to install either the classicmenu indicator or the Kali menu. Press the y key to continue and then press Enter to start its setup.Once you are done with installation of Kali tools using katoolin, you can quit by pressing the keyboard combination Ctrl+ C and you will see the goodbye message.shutdown requested.Goodbye.Credit for the above text block goes to Kashif at with my additions italicized.Warning about updates after installing Kali linux toolsThe webpage clearly warns Katoolin users to be careful when updating software.Before updating your system, please remove all Kali-linux repositories to avoid any kind of problem. If you press 0 on the Forensic tools screen katoolin tries to install all 23 forensic tools, but you can also press 1 to install only forensic tool 1, 2 to install only forensic tool 2, etc. By a process of divide and conquer. There are 330 Kali linux tools, so it's more time consuming to do everything one package at a time, but it's also less destabilizing to your operating system.
It seems to me that Katoolin is giving hints to help me think like a hacker like when I lose my money in a soft drink vending machine, I have to kick the vending machine to break it for everyone else.–Sep 20 '16 at 10:29. Dear karel, but if I repeat the steps mentioned in my question the issue will happen again.
So it is very strange as for me to see such behavior of katoolin. The summary of all you described above lead to the following conclusion: 1) katoolin is not configured properly to interact with ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2) if someone wants to use katoolin on ubuntu 16.04 LTS he/she has to do it in a series of distinct steps 3)if some package is missing it is needed to install it on your own in case you can find that package. Do I understand this right?–Sep 22 '16 at 5:12.
Kali-in-Ubuntu Kali in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I nstallKali tools. sudo su -. apt update && apt upgrade(do now not to be done after Kali install). apt install nginx (a web server used in someKali tools). which git (if not installed apt install git). git clone cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolin(copies katoolin).
chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolin. katoolin(startscript to download Kali tools). select 1. Add Kali repositories& Update. select 2.