Install Libpcap On Kali Linux
Kali Linux is arguably one of the best out of the box. While many of the tools in Kali can be installed in most Linux distributions, the Offensive Security team developing Kali has put countless hours into perfecting their ready to boot security distribution.Kali Linux is a Debian based, security distribution. The distribution comes pre-loaded with hundreds of well known security tools and has gained quite a name for itself.Kali even has an industry respected certification available called “ Pentesting with Kali”. The certification is a rigorous 24 hour challenge in which applicants must successfully compromise a number of computers with another 24 hours to write up a professional penetration test report that is sent to and graded by the personnel at Offensive Security. Successfully passing this exam will allow the test taker to obtain the OSCP credential.The focus of this guide and future articles is to help individuals become more familiar with Kali Linux and several of the tools available within the distribution.Please be sure to use extreme caution with the tools included with Kali as many of them can accidentally be used in a manner that will break computer systems. The information contained within all of these Kali articles is intended for legal usages. System RequirementsKali has some minimum suggested specifications for hardware.
Depending upon the intended use, more may be desired. This guide will be assuming that the reader will want to install Kali as the only operating system on the computer.
At least 10GB of disk space; strongly encouraged to have more. At least 512MB of ram; more is encouraged especially for graphical environments. USB or CD/DVD boot support. Kali Linux ISO available fromCreate a Bootable USB Using dd CommandThis guide will be assuming that a USB drive is available to use as the installation media. Take note that the USB drive should be as close to 4/8GB as possible and ALL DATA WILL BE REMOVED!The author has had issues with larger USB drives but some may still work. Regardless, following the next few steps WILL RESULT IN DATA LOSS ON THE USB DRIVE.Please be sure to backup all data before proceeding.
This bootable Kali Linux USB drive is going to be created from another Linux machine.Step 1 is to obtain the Kali Linux ISO. This guide is going to use the current newest version of Kali with the Enlightenment.To obtain this version, type the following into a terminal. $ cd /Downloads$ wget -c two commands above will download the Kali Linux ISO into the current user’s ‘Downloads’ folder.The next process is to write the ISO to a USB drive to boot the installer. To accomplish this we can use the ‘dd’ tool within Linux. First, the disk name needs to be located with lsblk command though. Find Out USB Device Name in LinuxWith the name of the USB drive determined as /dev/sdc, the Kali ISO can be written to the drive with the ‘dd’ tool. $ sudo dd if=/Downloads/kali-linux-e17-2016.2-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdcImportant: The above command requires root privileges so utilize sudo or login as the root user to run the command.
Also this command will REMOVE EVERYTHING on the USB drive. Be sure to backup needed data.Once the ISO is copied over to the USB drive, proceed further to install Kali Linux. Installation of Kali Linux Distribution1. First, plug the USB drive into the respective computer that Kali should be installed upon and proceed to boot to the USB drive.
Upon successful booting to the USB drive, the user will be presented with the following screen and should proceed with the ‘Install’ or ‘Graphical Install’ options.This guide will be using the ‘Graphical Install’ method.
Install Libpcap On Kali Linux Update
How can I install libpcap?When I try to use 'sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev' it doesn`t work and I get this message: Reading package lists. DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information. DoneThe following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:libvdpau1 screen-resolution-extraUse 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.The following extra packages will be installed:libpcap0.8-devThe following NEW packages will be installed:libpcap-dev libpcap0.8-dev0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/.