sense
28 November 2014 00:05
1
Hello World!
As some of you might predict based on my welcome words I’m quite new guy in Linux trying to set things up. I just installed my new Linux Kali and bought several wifi adapters of the same kind - Realtek RTL8188EUS . I’ve also received a CD with drivers included also to linux however it doesn’t work as expected. When I run this install.sh all at the end there’s an error
Authentication requested [root] for make driver:
This is a virtual machine run on vmWare workstation.
I’ve seen on this forum that some of you guys successfully helped one similar greenhorn like it’s me now with almost the same issue by entering command
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
however when I run this specific command the output is not so successful as in his case. I’ve got this output:
Reading package lists… Done
Is there any chance there’s someone able to help me with this thing? I’m quite lost - so is google obviously and I can’t help myself.
I appreciate any assistance in advance
Thanks boys. And girls of course if any.
Have you got an active internet connection (via ethernet cable) ?
If so, run a full system update (to pull in the latest kernel)
Then reboot the VM (this is important, to load any new kernel that was downloaded during the system update)
Then try that command again.
sense
28 November 2014 01:25
3
Hey,
thanks for your reply.
I performed sw update which was recommended by system itself and also I run a command
apt-get dist-upgrade
I’m not sure this is a way how to upgrade kernel to latest available version. My current version is
Unfortunately the issue is still not solved
Thanks in advance
What do you get from:
sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search headers
Might need to put that on pastebin, if the output is too long
sense
28 November 2014 14:19
5
Hello
So I run this command as requested
sudo apt-get update && apt-cache search headers
and the output is
Hit http://security.kali.org kali/updates Release.gpghttp://security.kali.org kali/updates Releasehttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/main amd64 Packageshttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib amd64 Packageshttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free amd64 Packageshttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-en_UShttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/contrib Translation-enhttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-en_UShttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/main Translation-enhttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en_UShttp://security.kali.org kali/updates/non-free Translation-en
Hopefully this is what you’ve been looking for
Thanks in advance.
The output from your “update” seems very short …the other guy you mentioned in your first posting hadIndex of /kali kali/main
Can you post the contents of:
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
sense
28 November 2014 14:46
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it was not proceeded
bash: gedit: command not found
anything I type wrong?
“root@kali:/# gedit /etc/apt/sources.list”
Try:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
sense
28 November 2014 15:02
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This is what appears after that
Kali - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL$#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Kali - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL $
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
Any chance someone has an idea what to do about it? Would it help to have other distribution of linux?
OK, the problem here is that your sources.list should contain 2 entries:-
deb Index of /kali kali main contrib non-freehttp://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
See here:
Now the next problem is going to be adding the missing entry to your sources.list file with nano (as kali doesn’t appear to have a GUI text editor by default).
(at a root prompt ‘#’) Run:
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
use the down arrow key until the flashing cursor is at the very bottom of the file, and add a NEW LINE that reads:
deb Index of /kali kali main contrib non-free
Now hit Ctrl+X to exit
then hit Y to save modified buffer
Then hit Enter to let it overwrite /etc/apt/sources.list
You should now be back at an # prompt
now run:
apt-get update
then
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
did the headers install this time ?
–
sense
28 November 2014 23:50
11
HELLOOOO PEOPLE
I still had an issue with this stupid driver however it was SOLVED by finding another topic over here so just to be clear if anyone will be dealing the same issue it’s here
http://linuxforums.org.uk/index.php?topic=11261.0
I’d like to say one BIG thanks to all of you guys. I really appreciate your honest help. You guys totally ROCK!
Thank you very much again
. Is there any other way to upgrade kernel or should i try something else? 
Btw guys I’m so amazed you’re able to help me troubleshoot this… I hope I’ll reach this level once…