How to do it...

To bring an existing Kali Linux installation up to date, you will do the following:

  1. From the main Kali desktop, let's click on the terminal icon in the upper-left part of the screen:
 Kali Linux desktop
Since we are already logged in as the root, we will not require any elevation of privileges using the su or sudo commands.
  1. From the Command Prompt, type this:
 apt-get update
 Kali Linux Command Prompt
After the initial installation, this process could take several minutes to complete.
  1. Once complete, we will actually upgrade ...

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