Following a Penn Test Intro book using Kali - It says `apt-get install wingw32` should work but it doesn't

abczar · 12-11-2018, 07:27 PM

I'm trying to work thru this book: Penetration Testing by Georgia Weidman

It started out by getting me to download a VM image of Kali, which I've done from the official Kali website. Obviously since it's an image, it was already installed and so I couldn't have messed up in that regard.

Anyway, the book says that wingw32 won't be installed, but it should be included in the Kali repositories by default.

But when I run `apt-get install mingw32`, it says "Unable to locate package"

So I thought maybe the repositories weren't installed. I did some googling and the official Kali website says that installing a repository will "most likely break your Kali installation"

So... what do I do now?

edit: I've been using Mint for 16 months now. But it's such a simple system that I'm not sure it helped me to learn much more than how to use a terminal.

rokytnji · 12-11-2018, 07:39 PM

apt-get update before trying to install anything.

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Mint to kali huh.

Grinning here.

abczar · 12-11-2018, 08:12 PM

That doesn't seem to have worked

Also, why the grinning? I don't know enough about Linux to understand.. is it because there's such a big jump from Mint to Kali? Because I certainly feel that's the case

abczar · 12-11-2018, 08:21 PM

Finally I figured it out. I must suck at Googling because it took me so long.

For people in the future: mingw32 has been replaced with mingw-w64

`apt-get install mingw-w64` works

syg00 · 12-11-2018, 08:24 PM

Did you read the "sticky" re kali in this very forum ?.

Congratulations on trying to learn, but it might be a big effort.

jsbjsb001 · 12-11-2018, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abczar

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edit: I've been using Mint for 16 months now. But it's such a simple system that I'm not sure it helped me to learn much more than how to use a terminal.

The commands are largely the same with the same options, so if you can learn how to use them and the terminal in Linux Mint, this will still help you learn what you need to for Kali. I agree with syg00, have a gander at the sticky, and pay attention to the link at the bottom of it - it's seems like a good primer to get you started. And as said, well done for going the right way about it - it's refreshing to see someone who has clearly made an effort to learn properly - well done.

I have hope for you and think you CAN do it, you just need to practice it - you'll get there - it just takes time.

rokytnji · 12-13-2018, 11:34 AM

Grinning is what I do when amused. Yep I was grinning because of

Quote:

I've been using Mint for 16 months now. But it's such a simple system that I'm not sure it helped me to learn much more than how to use a terminal.

and because Mint is geared toward ease of use. Kali for hacking/learning/nefarious/etc.............
Command line plays into using Kali. Reading manuals also. Mint is more Windows/GUI centric.

For future reference Plus I am no command line guru. Also because some folks liked my post.

Code:

apt search ming

would have saved you some time using google. On my AntiX install . It shows up as

Code:

< snip out useless readout>
mingw-ocaml/oldstable 4.01.0~20140328-1 all
  ocaml-mingw-w64 transitional dummy package

mingw-w64/oldstable 3.2.0-2 all
  Development environment targeting 32- and 64-bit Windows

mingw-w64-common/oldstable 3.2.0-2 all
  Common files for Mingw-w64

mingw-w64-i686-dev/oldstable 3.2.0-2 all
  Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win32

mingw-w64-tools/oldstable 3.2.0-2 i386
  Development tools for 32- and 64-bit Windows

mingw-w64-x86-64-dev/oldstable 3.2.0-2 all
  Development files for MinGW-w64 targeting Win64

mingw32/oldstable 4.9.1-19+14.3 all
  Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler (transition package)

mingw32-binutils/oldstable 2.25-5+5.2+deb8u1 all
  Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) binutils (transition package)
< snip out useless readout. >

I quit using GUI synaptic package manager full time a while ago. But I bet with apt-xapian-index installed and you wait for the data base to build in synaptic package manager. Using 'ming' in there would a posted the same info I just posted from terminal with apt search.
Reload button in synaptic is the same as apt-get update by the way.
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