Install Kali Tools on Ubuntu (Katoolin)
Kali Linux contains a large amount of penetration testing tools from various different layers of the security and forensics fields. In this guide, we will show you how to install Kali Linux tools on Ubuntu 17 and higher.
Kali Linux comes with tons of pre-installed penetration testing tools, around about 600 tools included. As a beginner penetration tester, it sounds horrible. How could one learn or use all of those tools as a beginner? The truth is, you don’t need to master all of those, indeed, there are a lot of tools built into Kali Linux which have the same concept and purpose. But, among them, there are always the best. In this article I will cover the Top 25 Best Kali Linux tools for the beginner Penetration Tester.
Install Kali Tools
To install Kali Linux Tools on Ubuntu 17.10 we need to install Katoolin, a Python script that will Automatically install all Kali Linux Tools.
First thing first open a terminal and get the root access with the following command:
sudo su
Next, install git to download Katoolin from Github with the following command:
apt-get install git
Next, type the following command to download Katoolin and move it to the bin folder with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin.git && cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolin
Next, run the script executable with chmod command:
chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolin
Then Start Katoolin with the following command:
sudo katoolin
From the Katoolin menu you can add repositories and update your Kali tools.
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