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Thread: Kali Linux on Samsung Chromebook - Features missing?

  1. #1
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    Unhappy Kali Linux on Samsung Chromebook - Features missing?

    I carefully installed Kali Linux on a Samsung Chromebook using an SD card. Kali boots and appears to work fine, but the Kali section under applications is very short (missing a lot of features). Why is this? I have tried numerous ways of updating and re-arranging but still no luck. Any help would be appreciated and I can post a screenshot if necessary.

  2. #2
    You may want to take a look at the metapackages blog post: http://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-metapackages/

    ARM images are very 'light' to save on disk space and as as result do not come with the same amount of tools that the .ISOs versions do.
    This is a Kali-Linux support forum - not general IT/infosec help.

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  3. #3
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    I just tried doing that, but this is returned:

    "E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?"
    I tried both those options with no luck..

  4. #4
    Check that your repos are okay (http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kal...t-repositories) and that apt-get update doesn't return any errors.

    If its still not working, could you paste the complete output (with command entered).
    This is a Kali-Linux support forum - not general IT/infosec help.

    Useful Commands: OS, Networking, Hardware, Wi-Fi
    Troubleshooting: Kali-Linux Installation, Repository, Wi-Fi Cards (Official Docs)
    Hardware: Recommended 802.11 Wireless Cards

    Documentation: http://docs.kali.org/ (Offline PDF version)
    Bugs Reporting & Tool Requests: https://bugs.kali.org/
    Kali Tool List, Versions & Man Pages: https://tools.kali.org/

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    Ok, so I updated the repos and tried to do apt-get install kali-linux-full. It seemed to be working, but when it got to the end it acts like I ran out of disk space. Not sure how this could be, as I am running Kali off of a 32 GB SD card.. I know that the full version of Kali should be able to fit on the card just fine, but what can I do to make the free space available?

    ..Selecting previously unselected package libqt4-dev-bin.
    Unpacking libqt4-dev-bin (from .../libqt4-dev-bin_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb) ...
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libqt4-dev-bin_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb (--unpack):
    cannot copy extracted data for './usr/bin/uic-qt4' to '/usr/bin/uic-qt4.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)
    dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
    Selecting previously unselected package qt4-linguist-tools.
    Unpacking qt4-linguist-tools (from .../qt4-linguist-tools_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb) ...
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/qt4-linguist-tools_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb (--unpack):
    cannot copy extracted data for './usr/bin/lrelease-qt4' to '/usr/bin/lrelease-qt4.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)
    Selecting previously unselected package qt4-qmake.
    Unpacking qt4-qmake (from .../qt4-qmake_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb) ...
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/qt4-qmake_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb (--unpack):
    cannot copy extracted data for './usr/bin/qmake-qt4' to '/usr/bin/qmake-qt4.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)
    dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
    Selecting previously unselected package libqt4-dev.
    Unpacking libqt4-dev (from .../libqt4-dev_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb) ...
    dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libqt4-dev_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb (--unpack):
    cannot copy extracted data for './usr/include/qt4/Qt3Support/Q3GridLayout' to '/usr/include/qt4/Qt3Support/Q3GridLayout.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)
    dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
    Selecting previously unselected package libqt4-opengl-dev.
    Unpacking libqt4-opengl-dev (from .../libqt4-opengl-dev_4%3a4.8.2+dfsg-11_armhf.deb) ...
    Selecting previously unselected package libqtwebkit-dev.
    Unpacking libqtwebkit-dev (from .../libqtwebkit-dev_2.2.1-5_armhf.deb) ...
    dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
    failed to write status database record about 'tlssled' to '/var/lib/dpkg/status': No space left on device
    dpkg-divert: error: unable to flush new file '/var/lib/dpkg/diversions-new': No space left on device
    update-kali-menu: error: dpkg-divert --local --rename --divert /usr/share/applications/kali-affdiskprint.desktop.disabled-by-kali-menu --add /usr/share/applications/kali-affdiskprint.desktop gave error exit status 2
    E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke '/usr/share/kali-menu/update-kali-menu wait_dpkg'
    E: Sub-process returned an error code
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
    root@kali:~#

  6. #6
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    fixed it

    i ran into this with mine. i'm running the same setup you are. the way i fixed it was i ran the apt-get install kali-linux-full command again. it will then give you a specific command and tell you it needs to be run manually. i believe it's dpkg --configure -a. run that code they give you. if it still says non room on the devive or gives you another error, run apt-get clean and then run dpkg --configure -a again (if that is in fact the command they give you.pretty sure it is). then after it finnishes running, run apt-get install kali-linux-full again. after that all the tools should be there. hope this helps. feel free to ask any questions. i sort of just stumbled upon this fix by chance.

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