This will lay down the foundations for our Kali install: lxrun /installģ.

Once rebooted, open a command line shell and run the following commands to install the default Ubuntu environment. A reboot will be required once finished: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-LinuxĢ. Open an administrative PowerShell window and install the Windows Subsystem with this one-liner.

For an easier copy / paste operation, these are the basic steps taken:ġ. While the setup is described well over at the WSL Distribution Switcher README file, we’ve made a quick 4-minute video to walk you through the setup and installation process.

For example, below is a screenshot of running the Metasploit Framework from Kali Linux, over WSL. Other useful situations that crossed our minds were standardizing tools and scripts to run across multiple environments, quick porting of Linux penetration testing command line tools to Windows, etc. One example that comes to mind is consolidation of workspaces, especially if Windows is your main working environment. While this setup of Kali on Windows is not optimal due to various environmental restrictions (such as the lack of raw sockets and lack of customised Kali kernel), there are still many situations where having Kali Linux alongside your Windows 10 machine can be beneficial. After all, if the WSL can support Ubuntu, it shouldn’t be too hard to incorporate another Debian-like distribution, right? This is especially true with the Windows Subsystem for Linux Distribution Switcher utility. We’re always on the prowl for novel environments to run Kali on, and with the introduction of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10, new and exciting possibilities have surfaced. For a better way of getting Kali Linux on Windows 10, install Kali Linux from the App store.

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