- Add Kali Linux Repositories to Ubuntu:
echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kali.list
2.Add Kali GPG Key:
wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
3.Update APT package list: sudo apt update
4.Install Specific Kali Tools: sudo apt install amass
If you only want to install a few tools and avoid potential future conflicts, you can remove the Kali repositories after installing the tools:
Remove Kali Repositories After Installation (Optional):
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kali.list
Update APT:
sudo apt update
I will also provide some additional options:
1)Using snap to Install Tools
Some tools can be installed via snap, which is a universal package manager:
Install using snap: `sudo snap install amass --classic`
2)Use Katoolin:
Katoolin is a script that simplifies the process of installing Kali Linux tools on Ubuntu:
Install Katoolin:
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
sudo pip3 install katoolin
Run Katoolin: sudo katoolin
Follow the on-screen instructions to install categories of tools.
Answer from Zodiac on askubuntu.com- Add Kali Linux Repositories to Ubuntu:
echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kali.list
2.Add Kali GPG Key:
wget -q -O - https://archive.kali.org/archive-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
3.Update APT package list: sudo apt update
4.Install Specific Kali Tools: sudo apt install amass
If you only want to install a few tools and avoid potential future conflicts, you can remove the Kali repositories after installing the tools:
Remove Kali Repositories After Installation (Optional):
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kali.list
Update APT:
sudo apt update
I will also provide some additional options:
1)Using snap to Install Tools
Some tools can be installed via snap, which is a universal package manager:
Install using snap: `sudo snap install amass --classic`
2)Use Katoolin:
Katoolin is a script that simplifies the process of installing Kali Linux tools on Ubuntu:
Install Katoolin:
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip
sudo pip3 install katoolin
Run Katoolin: sudo katoolin
Follow the on-screen instructions to install categories of tools.
Amass in-depth DNS enumeration and network mapping tool can be installed without enabling any potentially unsafe additional repositories by installing the amass snap package with the following command.
sudo snap install amass
To start Amass from the terminal type the command amass
Subcommands:
amass intel - Discover targets for enumerations
amass enum - Perform enumerations and network mapping
amass viz - Visualize enumeration results
amass track - Track differences between enumerations
amass db - Manipulate the Amass graph database
The OWASP Amass Project has developed a tool to help information security professionals perform network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using open source information gathering and active reconnaissance techniques.
For general information about installing other Kali Linux tools in Ubuntu refer to Proper Installation of Kali linux tools in Ubuntu. If you don't need to install too many Kali Linux tools, check first if the software that you are trying to install is included in the default Ubuntu software repositories and read the warning at LionSec / katoolin GitHub webpage.
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Introduction
Katoolin 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 git git clone https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin.git && sudo cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolinMake
/usr/bin/katoolinexecutable.sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolinRun Katoolin as follows and you will see the Katoolin interface:
cd /usr/bin/ sudo ./katoolin
View the categories of available software in katoolin interface
Press 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. 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
gohomein 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 How To Install Kali Linux Tools On Ubuntu 16 And CentOS 7 with my additions italicized.
Warning about updates after installing Kali linux tools
The LionSec Katoolin GitHub 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.
After using katoolin and adding the repositories , its safe to run sudo apt-get update, but do not use apt-get upgrade if you do, your gnome and desktop will fail to start.
In katoolin :
Add kali repositories & Update
Update your
apt-getby katoolin or your terminal
Install all the tools you want, after that do the cleaning by removing kali repos from your sources.list and apt-key.
If any error occurs, it comes from the sources.list, meaning the package or tool is not designed/available for your Linux architecture or katoolin itself has to be updated, because repositories were changed by the owner.
Advice:
Keep in touch with katoolin developers.
Install
aptitude:sudo apt-get install aptitudethen do a search for the requirements of the package candidates, for example:
aptitude search "?provides(wine)"read more about
aptitude: What is the difference between dpkg and aptitude/apt-get?Read about the difference between
unable to locate package&no candidates: What does Package <package> has no installation candidate mean?
There is a step by step solution that avoids crashes here: Can I install Kali tools on Ubuntu?
You need to add the repositories first.
Edit
/etc/apt/sources.listand add these two linesdeb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib non-freeIn terminal type
apt-get updatethen try
apt-get install software-center
It should work.
for kali-linux and i think other Linux distributions you can install instead synaptic package manager or gnome-software which is like Ubuntu software manager
install synaptic with just simply
sudo apt update sudo apt install synaptic
and you can install gnome-software with the following steps
sudo apt update sudo apt install gnome-software
after that add these repositories /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://kali.download/kali/ kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-last-snapshot main non-free contrib
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
and run it with gnome-software
if you didn't find the package in gnome-software search for it in synaptic
check this blog https://linuxconfig.org/gui-software-installers-for-kali-linux
Hi, I'm a CS student majoring in cybersecurity. I have a great interest in pentesting and doing CTFs is my hobby. Very soon I'll buy a new computer which I'll use for school and "administrative" stuff, I'll have Windows 11 running on it for practical reasons. I don't want to get rid of my current computer though and I was thinking I could just uninstall Windows and install a Linux distro as a host OS (getting tired of having to go through VMs to use Linux). I got used to using Kali Linux for school projects and CTF competitions but at the same time I sorta like Ubuntu.
Which one do you recommend me to install: Kali Linux who already has most of the tools I use regularly or Ubuntu with which I'll have to install the required tools along the way?