HOWTO : Rebuild Kali Linux 1.0.1

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To rebuild Kali Linux takes time but it worths when you need the most updated Kali Linux on Live DVD or USB thumb drive.



Step 0 :



Download the Kali Linux 1.0.1 and install to the hard drive. Make sure you enable the "mirror" when asked. Otherwise, your Kali will not working properly.



If you don't, please append the following to the /etc/apt/sources.list :



deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib

deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib



Then, do the following may fix the problem :



apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade



Make sure you DO NOT edit the GNOME menu yourself as it will mess the Kali Menu. However, if you messed the Kali menu, you can do the following to fix :



rm ~/.config/menus



Step 1 :



To prepare your Kali box to be capable to rebuild the Kali iso files :



apt-get install git live-build cdebootstrap kali-archive-keyring apt-cacher-ng



Step 2 :



touch standard.list.chroot



Append some package name to the file in order to tell the maker to include such package to the .iso file.



Or copy and paste to the file namely "standard.list.chroot" to /root/ which includes some useful packages instead (you may edit this file) :



! Packages Priority standard

gedit

radiotray

preload

gtk-recordmydesktop

galculator

synaptic

axel

cpuid

network-manager-pptp

network-manager-pptp-gnome

network-manager-openvpn

network-manager-openvpn-gnome

network-manager-vpnc

network-manager-vpnc-gnome

isomaster

xchat-common

xchat

libreoffice

shutter

bluez-gstreamer

bluez-compat

bluez-alsa

bluez-cups



Step 3 :



Copy and paste to file "update-kali" to your /root/ directory :



apt-get update

apt-get -y dist-upgrade

apt-get --purge -y autoclean

apt-get --purge -y autoremove



Make it execuatable :



chmod +x update-kali



Step 4 :



Copy and paste to file "rebuild-kali" to your /root/ directory :



# clean the previous live-build-config directory and pull the new config file

echo "Removing the previous live-build-config direcotry ...."

cd /root/

rm -R live-build-config

echo "Getting the new live-build-config file ...."

git clone git://git.kali.org/live-build-config.git

echo "Copying the customized standard.list.chroot from /root/ ...."

cp /root/standard.list.chroot /root/live-build-config/config/package-lists/

echo "Copying the update-kali and rebuild-kali scripts from /root/ ...."

cp /root/update-kali /root/live-build-config/config/includes.chroot/root/

cp /root/rebuild-kali /root/live-build-config/config/includes.chroot/root/

echo "Enable the apt-cacher-ng ...."

/etc/init.d/apt-cacher-ng restart

export http_proxy=http://localhost:3142/

cd live-build-config

echo "Be patient .... Building amd64.iso and i386.iso ...."

echo "It will takes 4-6 hours or more to complete ...."

echo "Please DON'T close this terminal ...."

./build_all.sh



Make it execuatable :



chmod +x rebuild-kali



Step 5 :



If you have 64-bit Kali Linux installed, you can build amd64.iso and i386.iso (PAE) at the same time. If you have 32-bit Kali Linux installed, you can only build i386.iso (PAE). To build the amd64.iso and i386.iso at the same time by executing the following command :



./rebuild-kali



The .iso files will be created at /root/live-build-config/images/ and it will takes 4 to 6 or more hours to complete. It depends on the power of your CPU and amount of RAM you have. I recommend you have at least 2 GB RAM to do the rebuild.







Bouns #1



If your CPU is too old that does not support PAE, you need to rebuild your Kali Linux.



Follow Step 1 to Step 4 as above.



cd /root/

rm -R live-build-config



git clone git://git.kali.org/live-build-config.git



cp /root/standard.list.chroot /root/live-build-config/config/package-lists/

cp /root/update-kali /root/live-build-config/config/includes.chroot/root/

cp /root/rebuild-kali /root/live-build-config/config/includes.chroot/root/



cd live-build-config

cd auto

nano config



Locate the following :



lb_opts="--debian-installer live --linux-flavours 686-pae"



and replaces with :



lb_opts="--debian-installer live --linux-flavours 486"



Save it and exit.



cd ..



or



cd /root/live-build-config



/etc/init.d/apt-cacher-ng restart

export http_proxy=http://localhost:3142/



lb config --architecture i386

lb build



That's all! See you.