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Kali linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution for digital forensics operating system, the system is pre-installed with a lot of software for penetration testing, completely rebuilt in accordance with Debian development standards, using a new directory framework and packaged with a large number of tools.

System requirements

Kali system has some basic requirements and suggestions for hardware. Depending on the purpose of the user, you can have a higher configuration. This article assumes that readers want to install kali as the only operating system on their computers.

At least 10GB disk space; it is strongly recommended that more storage space be allocated. At least 512MB memory; want to have more memory, especially under the graphical interface. USB or CD/DVD startup mode is supported. The download address of Kali Linux system ISO image is https://www.kali.org/downloads/. Use the dd command to create a USB startup tool

This article assumes that a USB device can be used to boot the installation system. Be careful to use 4GB or 8GB USB devices as much as possible, and all data on them will be deleted. The author of this article has encountered problems with the installation of larger USB devices, but others should be able to do so. In any case, the following installation steps will erase the data in the USB device. Be sure to back up all data before you begin. The USB boot device used to install the Kali Linux system will be created on another machine.

The first step is to get the Kali Linux system ISO image file. This guide will be installed using the latest version of the Kali Linux system that includes the Enlightenment desktop environment. Enter the following command under the terminal to get this version of the ISO image file.

$cd ~ / Downloads$ wget-c http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-2016.2/kali-linux-e17-2016.2-amd64.iso

The above two commands will download Kali Linux's ISO image file to the current user's Downloads directory.

The next step is to write the ISO image to the USB device to start the installer. We can do this using the dd command on the Linux system. First of all, the USB device can be found under the lsblk command.

Confirm the USB device name in the Linux system

Make sure the name of the USB device is / dev/sdc, and you can use the dd tool to write the Kali system image to the USB device.

$sudo dd if=~/Downloads/kali-linux-e17-2016.2-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdc

* * Note: * * the above command requires root permission, so use the sudo command or log in with a root account to execute the command. This command deletes all data from the USB device. Ensure that the required data has been backed up.

Once the ISO image file is fully copied to the USB device, the Kali Linux system can be installed.

Install the Kali Linux system

1. First, plug the USB device into the computer where you want to install the Kali operating system, and then boot the system from the USB device. As long as you successfully boot the system from the USB device, you will see the following graphical interface and select the "Install" or "Graphical Install" options.

This guide will use the "Graphical Install" method for installation.

Kali Linux Startup menu

2. The following interfaces will ask the user to select locale information, such as language, country, and keyboard layout.

After the selection is complete, the user will be prompted for hostname and domain name information. After entering the appropriate environment information, click continue to install.

Set the hostname of the Kali Linux system

Set the domain name of the Kali Linux system

3. After the hostname and domain name are set, you need to set the password of the root user. Do not forget the password.

Set Kali Linux system user password

4. After the password setting is completed, the installation step will prompt the user to select the time zone and then stay in the hard disk partition interface.

If Kali Linux is the only operating system on this computer, the easiest option is to use "Guided-Use Entire Disk" and then select the storage device on which you need to install Kali.

Select the Kali Linux system installation type

Select Kali Linux installation disk

5. The next step will prompt the user to partition on the storage device. In most cases, we can install the entire system in one partition.

Install the Kali Linux system on the partition

6. The last step is to prompt the user to confirm that all changes are written to the host hard disk. Note that all data on the entire disk will be cleared after confirmation.

Confirm disk partition change

7. Once the partition change is confirmed, the installation package will go through the installation process of copying files. After the installation is complete, you need to set up a network mirror source to get the package and system updates. If you want to use Kali's software library, make sure this feature is turned on.

Configure the Kali Linux package Manager

8. After selecting the network mirror source, the system will ask you to install the Grub bootstrap. Again, this article assumes that only a unique Kali Linux operating system is installed on your computer.

Select "Yes" on this screen, and the user needs to select the hard disk boot device to write the bootstrap information to.

Install the Grub bootstrapper

Select the partition where the Grub bootstrapper is installed

9. When the Grub installation is complete, the system will remind the user to restart the machine to enter the newly installed Kali Linux system.

Kali Linux system installation completed

10. Because this guide uses Enlightenment as the desktop environment for Kali Linux systems, the default is to boot into the shell environment.

Log in to the system using the root account and the password set during the previous installation to run the Enlightenment desktop environment.

Enter the command startx to enter the Enlightenment desktop environment after a successful login.

# startx

Enter the Enlightenment desktop environment under Kali Linux

When you first enter the Enlightenment desktop environment, it will ask the user to configure some preferences before running the desktop environment.

Kali Linux Enlightenment Desktop

At this point, you have successfully installed the Kali Linux system and are ready to use it. In the following articles, we will explore some useful tools in the Kali system and how to use these tools to detect host and network security.

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