Updating sources and installing programs

At times, a tool may not be working as expected, or even crash unexpectedly on us during a penetration test or security audit. Developers often release updates for their applications. These updates are intended to fix bugs and add new features to the user experience.

To update the software packages on our Kali Linux operating system, we must first resynchronize the package index files with their sources. Let's get started:

  1. Open the Terminal, and execute the apt-get update command:
The indexes are located in the /etc/apt/sources.list file.

This process usually takes a minute or two to complete with ...

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