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Installing Firefox on Kali Linux

Mozilla Firefox is a quite handy browser compared to Iceweasel (default browser in Kali Linux). It has lot of plug-in features that Iceweasel lag. Sometimes, we find it difficulty while navigating through Iceweasel . Hence, I thought of installing Mozilla   Firefox . To do this, you have to first un-install  Iceweasel  from Kali Linux or else it won't allow you to install  Mozilla Firefox . Here are the step that I performed. 1. Open root terminal window and type     apt-get remove iceweasel it removes  iceweasel   from the application menu 2. type  echo -e "\ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null it adds repository for the installation 3. type apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29 import the required gpg key 4. type apt-get update update the required package 5. type apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build install mozilla ...

How to install Google Chrome in Kali Linux?

OS: Kali Linux 1.0.4 Note:  Before you proceed make sure to keep your kali linux up-to date. Please run apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade from the terminal. 1. Open IceWeasel Browser and goto www.google.com and click on Install Google Chrome  on the above right panel of the box. You can also goto www.google.com/chrome to download Google Chrome. 2. Click on Download Chrome 3. Select the option to download package. As Kali is built on Debian package so you can select 32 bit .deb  or 64 bit .deb (depending upon the type of platform Kali Linux install). I have 32 bit Kali Linux installed in my laptop, so I chose 32 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu) . 4. Choose the location to save google chrome package. 5. Open Terminal  window (make sure you have a privilege of a root  user) and goto the directory of the downloaded file " google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ". 6. Run dpkg -i  google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb  from the root terminal window. 7....