Installing Kali Linux on Windows 10

Watch the video to see the process.

Download and install VMware Workstation 16 Player

Download and install VMware from:

VMware.com –> Downloads –> Free Product Downloads –> Workstation Player –> Download Now

Download the Kali ISO from:

Kali.org –> Downoads –> Downoad Kali Linux –> 32/64bit

Right-click on the Start Menu –> System
Look under Device Specifications to determine if you are running a 32-bit or 64-bit architecture.

Open VMware Workstation.

Click on Create new Virtual Machine.

Browse to and select the downloaded file.

Linux –> Other linux 5.x and later kernel (64-bit, if you have a 64-bit system).

Name your virtual machine and choose the installation path. (You can leave this on the defaults if you want).

Increase disk size to 20GB.

Click on Customize Hardware... and increase the memory size to at least 2GB, 4GB recommended.

Double-click on the created virtual machine to start it up.

When prompted, select Download and Install to install VMware Tools for Linux.

Select your language.

Select your location.

Select your keyboard layout.

Type in your desired hostname. This will be your computer’s name.

The Domain Name can be left blank.

Set the default user‘s full name.

Set the default user‘s login name.

Create a secure password.

Select, Guided - use entire disk.

Click on Continue to confirm you want to install to the SCSI3 (0,0,0) disk.

Select All files in one partition.

Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk.

Select Yes to confirm and wait for the base installation to finish.

Deselect all options besides Desktop environment and Xfce. Wait for the software installation to continue.

Select Yes to install the GRUB boot loader.

Select /dev/sda. Wait for the installation to complete.

Open a terminal prompt and do:

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

If after this operation you receive errors when opening File System or Terminal, do:

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade --autoremove

sudo reboot now

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