In this article, I will explain how to install Kali Linux on VMWare Fusion.

Installation Requirements

• Disk Space – Minimum 10 GB
• Architecture – i386 or adm64
• RAM – Minimum 512 MB

Download Kali Linux ISO File

Download the necessary ISO file from official download page. For this demo, I have installed as highlighted below.

Its more than 3 GB so based on the Internet speed, it may take few minutes.

Installing Kali Linux

This assumes you have download kali-linux-2.0-amd64.iso and ready to install.

• Open VMWare Fusion on your PC (I am using MAC in this demo)
• Click on Add icon and New

• Select installation method as “Install from disk or image” and click on Continue

• Click on “Use another disc or disc image” and locate the downloaded iso file. It will appear in the list as shown below, click on Continue

• Select Other >> Other 64-bit and click on Continue

• Here you will notice, I have hard disk capacity is 8 GB but the minimum requirement to install 10 GB so I will go to customize Settings and increase the hard disk space.

• Click on Customize Settings
• Enter the name and save it

• Click on “Hard Disk (IDE)

• I will increase to 15 GB and click on Apply

• Click on Play button to begin the installation

• You will be greeted with the following screen when I will select “Graphical Install” and press enter to proceed with installation

• Select the language and click on Continue

• Select the location then continue

• Configure the keyboard to be used and click on continue

• Select the ethernet to be used. As I am using VMWare on MAC, I will be sharing with MAC ethernet so selected “no ethernet card” and click on Continue

• You will get a notification that “No network interface detected” but that’s fine. Click on continue

• Enter the Hostname and continue

• Enter the root password and click on Continue

• Select “Guided- user entire disk” and click on Continue

• You will get partition disk information that will data will be erased but that’s ok because there is nothing at the moment. Click on continue

• Select the partition as “all files in one partition (recommended for new users) and continue

• Confirmation before installation start writing changes to disk, click on continue

• Select “Yes” on final confirmation and click on continue

• It will take few minutes to install the Kali Linux and during installation, you may see following progress bar

• It will prompt you to configure package manager but I will proceed with no to keep installation procedure simple.

• Select Yes to install the GRUB boot loader on hard disk and continue

• Select the disk to make it bootable and click on Continue

• And finally you will have “Installation Complete” message. Click on continue

• It will take few seconds will boot the Kali Linux and give you login screen as below.

• Enter the password, which you configured during installation and you will see the first screen as shown below.

Woha! It’s bit long, isn’t it? Well, worth it!