Install Kali Linux Subsystem on Windows

Since Kali Linux is not available as an app in the Microsoft App Store, the installation is not as easy as with an Ubuntu distribution.

1. First, the subsystem feature must be activated via PowerShell (if not already activated).

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

2. Kali Linux is downloaded as an AppX file. We can find a file that is always up to date at https://aka.ms/wsl-kali-linux-new

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-kali-linux-new -OutFile Kali.appx -UseBasicParsing

3. The downloaded AppX file is added:

Add-AppxPackage .\Kali.appx

4. A shortcut was then created in the Windows Start menu, which leads us to a kali.exe. If this shortcut cannot be found via the Start menu search, the path where the kali.exe was stored must be found. The CMD must be re-opened again so that the new command kali is known there.

If the kali.exe is called for the first time, you will be asked to create a new user. (user:user).

5. Afterwards the root user can be set as default user.

kali config --default-user root

6. Final commands within the Linux shell to install the Kali Linux Tools:

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
apt-get install -y kali-linux-full --fix-missing