How to Install Kali Linux on Raspberry Pi

What is Kali Linux?

Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux dispersion focused on cutting edge Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali Linux contains a few hundred instruments designated towards different data security undertakings, like Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux is a multi stage arrangement, open and unreservedly accessible to data security experts and specialists.

What is a Raspberry Pi?

The Raspberry Pi is a minimal expense, charge card measured PC that plugs into a PC screen or TV, and utilizations a standard console and mouse. A fit little gadget empowers individuals, everything being equal, to investigate processing, and to figure out how to program in dialects like Scratch and Python. It can do all that you'd anticipate that a PC should do, from perusing the web and playing top quality video, to making accounting sheets, word-handling, and messing around.

In addition, the Raspberry Pi can collaborate with the rest of the world, and has been utilized in a wide cluster of advanced producer projects, from music machines and parent locators to weather conditions stations and tweeting bird enclosures with infra-red cameras. We need to see the Raspberry Pi being utilized by kids all around the world to figure out how to program and comprehend how PCs work.

Who to Install Kali Linux?

To install Kali Linux in Raspberry Pi, first you need to flash the arm file of OS in SD Card. In my opinion, it is necessary to use at least 64 GB and class 10 SD Card. If you don't have it, you can buy it by clicking here. Now I will teach you how to flash Kali Linux OS in SD Card via desktop or android phone. Basically I will tell you about two methods how to flash SD Card using a desktop and how to flash SD Card using an android mobile. By following those same steps you can flash any OS image available for Raspberry Pi in SD Card, but i am using Kali Linux arm image for my SD Card.

How to Download Kali Linux OS for Raspberry Pi?

First we need to go to the official site of Kali Linux for download the Kali Linux arm image file. I need the "Raspberry Pi 2 (v1.2), 3, 4 and 400 (64-Bit)" file, because my Raspderry Pi model is 'Respberry Pi 4 B' and it is 64 bit. All image files here are available for different Raspberry Pi models, so download as you need.

Method 1: Flash Kali Linux in SD Card Using Desktop.

If you have a desktop then you can do this flashing process very easily. I will tell you some very simple steps, by following those steps you can do it very easily.

Needed Stuff for the Process : This requires a Card Reader, an SD Card and the balenaEtcher application, Get the balenaEtcher application from "www.balena.io/etcher/". The balenaEtcher is available for Windows, Linux and macOS. You can choose for your desktop OS.

Step 1. Connect SD Card to the desktop via card reader.

Step 2. Open balenaEtcher on the desktop and select the downloaded OS image file by clicking on the 'flash from file' option.

Step 3. Click on the 'select target' option and select the SD Card which will show as USB Storage. Don't select another drive, You can check your USB Drive means SD Card again.

Step 4. At the end of all click on the 'flash' option and then eject the SD Card after this writing process is complete.

How to Boot?

After the writing process is complete, Insert the SD Card into the Raspberry Pi board and power up the board then your kali linux OS will be booted. Default user name is "kali" and password is "kali".

Click here for second methode.