Kali Linux on any Android Phone or Tablet
Getting Kali Linux to run on ARM hardware has been a major goal for us since day one. So far, we’ve built
native
images for the Samsung Chromebook, Odroid U2, Raspberry Pi, RK3306,
Galaxy Note 10.1, CuBox, Efika MX, and BeagleBone Black to name a few.
This however does not mean you cannot install Kali Linux in a chroot on
almost any modern device that runs Android. In fact, the developers of
Linux Deploy
have made it extremely easy to get any number of Linux distributions
installed in a chroot environment using a simple GUI builder.
Prerequisites
- A device running Android 2.1 and above, rooted.
- At least 5 GB free space on internal or external storage.
- A fast, wireless internet connection.
- Patience to wait for a distribution to bootstrap from the network.
Configuring Linux Deploy for Kali
There’s actually very little to be done to get Kali installed. By choosing Kali Linux in the “Distribution”
tab, you’ve pretty much covered the important stuff. Optionally, you
can choose your architecture, verify that the Kali mirror is correct,
set your installation type and location on your Android device, etc.
Generally speaking, the defaults provided by Linux Deploy are good to
begin with.
Building the Kali Image
Once you are happy with all the
settings, hitting the “install” button will start a Kali Linux bootstrap
directly from our repositories. Depending on your Internet connection
speed, this process could take a while. You’ll be downloading a base
install of Kali Linux (with no tools) at minimum.
Starting up your chrooted Kali
Once the installation is complete, you
can have Linux Deploy automatically mount and load up your Kali Linux
chroot image. This also includes the starting of services such as SSH
and VNC for easier remote access. All of this is automagically done by
hitting the “start” button. You should see Linux Deploy setting up your image with output similar to the following:
At this stage, Linux Deploy has started a
VNC and SSH server inside your chrooted Kali image. You can connect to
the Kali session remotely using the IP address assigned to your Android
device (in my case, 10.0.0.10).
Logging in to your chrooted Kali
Now you can use either a SSH or VNC client to access your Kali instance. The VNC password is “changeme” and the SSH credentials are “android” for the username (configured via Linux Deploy) and “changeme” as the password.
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android@10.0.0.10 password:
Linux localhost 3.4.5-447845 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 12 17:22:34 KST 2013 armv7l
Kali GNU/Linux 1.0 [running on Android via Linux Deploy]
android@localhost:~$ sudo su
root@localhost:/home/android# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop3 4180944 667268 3304012 17% /
tmpfs 952708 80 952628 1% /dev
tmpfs 952708 0 952708 0% /dev/shm
root@localhost:/home/android#
root@localhost:/home/android# apt-get update
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release.gpg
Hit http://http.kali.org kali Release
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/main armel Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/contrib armel Packages
Hit http://http.kali.org kali/non-free armel Packages
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/main Translation-en
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.kali.org kali/non-free Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done
root@localhost:/home/android#
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