Install Kali Linux on a Chromebook using crouton (now with Sana & Kali-Rolling)!

Please read update 4 for Kali-Rolling Instructions!!

I recently purchased a Chromebook Pixel.  I was looking at different methods of installing Kali Linux, and realized the best way would be to fork David Schneider's project Crouton, and add Kali as a distro option.

The fork has been merged, and here is how you can install Kali in a chroot on a Chromebook using crouton.

1.  Download or compile the crouton executable to your chromebook.

Download crouton here.

2. Open a shell (CTL/ALT/T and type shell) and run the executable specifying Kali as the release.

sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/kalicrouton -r kali-rolling -t xfce

3. Enter some info at the prompts.

4. Type the following in a shell to enter Kali.

sudo enter-chroot startxfce4

Many other options are available, and it is well documented on the github page.

https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

Update:  I've noticed some comments crouton's version of Kali not having tools installed.  This is by design, because most chromebooks only have 16GB hard drives.  To install any tools, just use apt-get install.

Example (to install metasploit):

sudo apt-get install metasploit-framework

Update 2: Wiki available now:  https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Kali


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Update 3:  I have a merge request in for Kali Sana.  A compiled version of my fork is available here:

Download crouton here.

Update 4: I've added a fix for the kali-rolling issue, but it will remain in my fork.  I don't think the crouton branch will ever merge it.  They want to keep netsurf as part of the package.

https://github.com/nromsdahl/crouton

Download here

To install, the command is:  sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/kalicrouton -r kali-rolling -t xfce