13 Things To Do After Installing Kali Linux

13 Things To Do After Installing Kali Linux

Kali Linux is the swiss army of knife for hackers.
Kali Linux is by far the most tried and tested Linux distributions out there with respect to security testing aspect. Kali Linux packs in over 300 security tools under the hood and is undoubtedly the holy grail of forensics, penetration and security. Kali Linux undoubtedly is a hacker's haven of sorts giving them endless opportunities to toy around. Here's what all to do once you've installed the famed Linux distro. 
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Things to do after installing Kali Linux

1.Fixing wired network interface 'Device not managed' error

To allow Network Manager to handle interfaces that are enabled in /etc/network/interfaces:

[main]
plugins=ifupdown,keyfile

[ifupdown]
managed=true

2.Fixing default repository

Comment/remove existing configuration as follows:

## Regular repositories
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
## Source repositories
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free



3.Clean, update, upgrade and dist-upgrade your Kali installation

apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

4.Enabling sound on Boot

Here's how you can do this:

apt-get install alsa-utils -y

Applications > System Tools > Preferences > System Settings > Sound > Sound ON

5.Installing Java

Download the latest version, jdk-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz for instance. save the file in /root directory:

tar -xzvf /root/jdk-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz
mv jdk1.7.0_45 /opt
cd /opt/jdk1.7.0_45

6.Installing Flash

Here's how you can do this:

apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

update-flashplugin-nonfree --install

7.Installing Archive Manager

Here's how you can do this:

apt-get install unrar unace rar unrar p7zip zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar file-roller -y

8.Adding a standard user

Create new user: useradd -m user1 (where -m means create home directory /home/username)

Set password: passwd user1

Enter desired password twice and add user to sudo group: usermod -a -G sudo user1

9.Installing Tor

To install it directly from the repository: apt-get install tor

Enabling tor service from command line: service tor start

10.Installing Filezilla

Here's how you can do this: apt-get install filezilla filezilla-common -y

11.Installing HTOP and NetHogs

Here's how you can do this: apt-get install htop nethogs -y

Run them as follows:

htop
nethogs eth0
nethogs wlan0

12.Installing Recordmydesktop and Reminna Remote Desktop Client

Here's how you can do this: apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop recordmydesktop remmina -y

13.Installing GDebi Package Manager

Here's how you can do this: apt-get install gdebi -y