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Install Synaptic Package Manager in Kali Linux

About   Synaptic Package Manager Synaptic Package Manager is GTK+- based GUI for apt (Advance Packaging Tool)- the package management used by Debian and its derivatives. Synaptic Package Manager- a very handy tool, used to install, remove and update software packages and add repositories . Though, based on deb packages but can be used on the system bsed on RPM packages. Features Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and multiple packages System-wide upgrade Package search utility Manage package repositories Find packages by name, description and several other attributes Select packages by status, section, name or a custom filter Sort packages by name, status, size or version Browse available online documentation related to a package Download the latest changelog of a package Lock packages to the current version Force the installation of a specific package version Undo/Redo of selections Built-in terminal emulator for the package manager Allows creation of download scrip...

Kali Linux Repositories

Hi Everyone! this is an updated post on Kali Linux repositories. Well, a repository is an archival source from where Kali Linux softwares are updated and upgraded online. sources.list  is the file where all the links for necessary update are saved. When we execute a command apt-get update , it searches for the updated package online. Un-wanted or un-necessary links can cause failure of Kali Linux package installation, so make sure what link/s should be added to the repository so that Kali Linux should get proper update.  Kali Linux distribution has three repositories, which are mirrored world-wide: http.kali.org ( mirrorlist ): the main package repository ; security.kali.org ( mirrorlist ): the security package repository ; cdimage.kali.org ( mirrorlist ): the repository with ISO images . On a clean installation, Kali Linux, have the following two entries present in /etc/apt/sources.list : deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib deb http://se...

Debian Sources List Generator

1. goto http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ 2. click on 3rd party repos 3. fill the details as per your requirement and click on send 4. now select sources under Default Debian Packages and if necessary check on yes include , if source packages are required and then click generate sources.list button to generate your links 5. add them to etc/apt/sources.list 6. open root terminal and type apt-get update

Add Repository in Kali Linux

Kali linux is a debian base linux distribution designed for penetration testing. Here, I will give a tutorial on how to add a repository on Kali Linux 1.0.3 with ease. Repository is a archival software, where software in this archive can be retrieved by the user to use. Please click here  to check for the new blog post on repository.  1. Open root terminal and type this code.    root@kali:~#  leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list 2. Add all repositories, i.e. : deb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib non-free deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main/debian-installer deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main/debian-installer deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-dev main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-securit...