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Installing Skype in Kali Linux

Before you proceed make sure that you run apt-get update from terminal. Check the necessary repository in sources.list file. For more please read this post . STEPS: 1. Goto www.skype.com  and click on Downloads . 2. Being a Kali Linux user, select Choose your distribution as debian and click Save File to download. 3. Open terminal and locate the downloaded file. 4. Run dkpg -i skype-debian_x.x.x.x_i386.deb (where x is the version of skype) to install the package. 5. Type  skype  to run the program. 6. Accept License agreement.

Troubleshooting Kali Linux Installation

There could be various reason for installation failure. Few of the basic reasons are corrupted downloadable file, damage media during writing an iso file, in-sufficient disk space, missing hash file etc. Click here   to open the link and read this article on Troubleshooting Kali Linux Installation.

Installing Kali Linux- A step-by-step instruction

Kali Linux, ver.: 1.0.3 Prerequisites: Minimum 8 GB of HDD space to install Kali Linux For i386 or amd64 architecture, a minimum of 512 MB RAM (1024 MB RAM recommended) An ISO or VMWare image can be downloaded from  Kali Linux  site Here, I am going to guide you step by step to install Kali Linux  (ver. 1.0.2) in a virtual machine. Procedure of installation is very much similar to Backtrack. Click on the above link to download Kali Linux. When you goto this link it will ask you to register, however registration is not mandatory to download Kali Linux. Either, you can register by giving your name or email address to receive information updates or simply you can skip this step and click on " No thanks, just want to download! ". Depending on the type, you can customize your download in ISO  or VMWare  format. Click on " Download Kali" . Once Kali Linux  is downloaded you are ready to install it in a virtual machine. I am using VMWare Player version: 5.0....