19Aug 2015 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas
How to Install Official VMware Tools in Kali Linux 2 Sana

How to Install Official VMware Tools in Kali Linux 2 Sana

Kali Linux
Applies to: Kali Linux 2.0 Sana, VMware Workstation 11/12 Legacy guide: This article preserves the original 2015 procedure for installing the legacy VMware Tools package in Kali Linux 2.0 Sana. Do not use this procedure as the default method for current Kali Linux releases. This tutorial shows the legacy VMware Tools installation method used with Kali Linux 2.0 Sana. If you need the matching Kali 2.0 installation guide, see How to Install Kali Linux 2.0 Sana in VMware Workstation. Current Kali Linux: Use open-vm-tools For current Kali Linux releases, use open-vm-tools rather than the legacy VMware Tools tar package shown later in this article. Kali notes that VMware recommends the distribution-specific open-vm-tools package, and modern Kali installations normally detect VMware and install the required guest tools automatically. sudo apt update…
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18Aug 2015 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas
How to Install Kali Linux 2.0 Sana in VMware Workstation Step-by-Step Guide

How to Install Kali Linux 2.0 Sana in VMware Workstation Step-by-Step Guide

Kali Linux
Applies to: Kali Linux 2.0 Sana, VMware Workstation 11/12 Legacy guide: This article documents the original Kali Linux 2.0 Sana installation process from 2015. Kali 2.0 Sana is no longer a current release. Kali moved to the rolling distribution model, and current Kali releases provide official pre-built VMware images. For a current Kali VMware deployment, use the official Kali VMware documentation and pre-built images: Kali inside VMware Get Kali The original screenshots and steps below are preserved for historical reference. This step-by-step article shows you how to install Kali Linux 2.0 in VMware Workstation step-by-step but you can also use VMware Player which is free. This tutorial also helps if you install Kali Linux 2.0 on physical hardware. In fact, Kali Linux 2.0 installation is not very hard. First of all, why Kali as a virtual…
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14Aug 2015 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas
How to Install VMware Workstation on Kali Linux 2.0 Sana

How to Install VMware Workstation on Kali Linux 2.0 Sana

Kali Linux
Applies to: Kali Linux 2.0 Sana, VMware Workstation 11/12 Legacy guide: This article preserves the original 2015 procedure for installing VMware Workstation 11/12 on Kali Linux 2.0 Sana. Current Kali releases and current VMware Workstation versions use a newer installation and kernel-module workflow. For current Kali Linux, use the official Installing VMware on Kali (Host) guide. It covers current package requirements, kernel headers, VMware kernel modules and troubleshooting. This step-by-step tutorial documents how VMware Workstation was installed on Kali Linux 2.0 Sana. The original issue behind the article was VMware Workstation 11 failing because the required Kali kernel headers were not available to build the VMware kernel modules. The screenshots and commands below are preserved for that historical environment. VMware Workstation is a hosted desktop hypervisor for running virtual machines…
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