

From the “File location and size” window, set the virtual machine drive size to 12 GB and click create. From the “Storage on physical drive”, keep the default option which is “dynamic allocated” and click next.ħ. Now you need to select a hard drive file type. Default size is 8 GB, but I recommend to keep it to more than 10 GB. From the next screen, you can either create a new virtual hard drive or use existing virtual drive. Select the memory size from the screen and click Next. Change version to Linux 2.6/3.x (64 bit) If you are installing 64 bit version of Kali linux. Enter the name “Kali Linux”, type and version was auto populated. Click on New to create a new virtual machine.Ģ.

Steps:ġ. After installing virtualbox, open it. In this article, I am using latest version 4.3.6 of virtualbox. Kali Linux can be downloaded from here and VirtualBox can be downloaded from here. VirtualBox is an open source general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. In this article, let’s see how to install Kali Linux 1.0.6 in Virtual Box. Enjoy.Virtualization is great way to deal with multiple operating systems on a machine. Install it: #./n Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on Kali Linux version 1.xĪfter it has successfully installed you will now be able to go full screen, add in file sharing options, copy and paste and clipboard functionality. #apt-get update & apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)Ĭopy the n file to the Desktop. Being able to copy files in and out of the system into the host is also very useful. There is also the extra screen options such as the transparency mode. Having the Guest Additions installed is very useful, being able to copy and paste text like bash lines like the below is extremely useful. A brief summary of the commands needed to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Kali Linux v1.x.
