1. Mirror download
Mirror link: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/kali-images/kali-2022.3/kali-linux-2022.3-installer-amd64.iso
Note: Only applicable to 64-bit amd, create a directory to save the image file, it is recommended to store it on the D drive
Thunder network disk file:
Link: https://pan.xunlei.com/s/VNPN4Z3yExxfGqIMMCtkMnUxA1?pwd=ygdp#
Other mirror links: (download on demand)
Tsinghua University Open Source Software Mirror Station
Second, the installation of the virtual machine
1. Open the vmware home page and create a new virtual machine
2. Select "Custom" and select "Next"
3. Select "Next"
4. Select "Installer CD image file" Select the image file you just downloaded by browsing the directory, and then "Next"
5. Select "Linux", the version is optional, and then click "Next"
6. Give the virtual machine a name (such as kali2023), click "Browse" to select a folder to install kali (the location is custom, try not to install to the c drive), click "Next"
7. The number of processors, processor cores, and virtual machine memory can be customized according to requirements, and can be changed later
8. Select "NET", "Next"
9. Select LSI Logic, "Next"
10. Select "SCSI", "Next"
11. Select "Create a new virtual disk", "Next"
12. Select "Store the virtual disk as a single file", customize the maximum disk size, and "Next"
13. "Next step"
14. Click "Finish"
15. Open the virtual machine to view
16. Click "I have completed the installation"
17. After entering this interface, the mouse is invalid, directly press the keyboard "Enter", "Ctrl+Alt" at the same time to restore the mouse
18. You can choose "Simplified Chinese" or "English"
19. Select "China"
20. Select "Chinese"
21. Wait a moment
22. The host name is optional
23. The domain name can be left blank
24. Click "Continue"
25. Fill in the full name of the new user at will
26. The user name is free
27. The password is optional, click "Show plain text password" to see the set password
28. Select "Use Entire Disk"
29. Click "Continue"
30. Click "Put all files in the same partition"
31. Click "End partition setting and write changes to disk"
32. Select "Yes"
33. Wait for a while
34. You can select all or part of it, but the second item "Xfce" must be selected
35. Wait for a while
36. Select "Yes"
37. Select "/dev/sda"
38. The installation is complete
39. Log in with the user name and password you set
40. You're done
41. To set the administrator (root) account password, first right-click on the kali desktop and "open terminal here" to open the command line
42. Enter "su passwd root" to set a password, and the password will not be displayed in plain text
"su root" and then enter the password, switch root user
