Install Firefox Browser on Kali Linux in 3 steps

Hello friends, after installing Kali Linux on your desktop to learn ethical hacking skills, you soon realized that you also need the Mozilla Firefox browser. Firefox is most popular among cybersecurity professionals and pen testers. It provides flexibility to professionals in terms of performing security assessments and also has a lot of plugins available that directly increase the productivity of any security guy. Most of the Linux distributions have pre-installed Firefox, but if not installed you can use the below steps to install it very easily. Click Here if you want to know the Top 25 Linux commands you should know for Beginners.

Below I am listing simple steps to install the Firefox browser on Kali Linux in just 3 steps. These steps are equally applicable to other Linux-based operating systems.

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Run "sudo apt-get update" command before starting the installation of Firefox. This command will update the Kali system and help to prevent unwanted errors while installing Firefox. This command is recommended as and when you are installing some new programs on the system.

sudo apt-get update

Step 1:

Browse the directory by using "cd Downloads". I assume your default directory for downloading all files from the Internet is Downloads. If your default is some other directory, cd to that specific directory.

#cd Downloads

Step 2:

Download setup files by using the below link:

Download Link: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux

Step 3:

Extract the downloaded file by using the tar command. Linux tar command is used to extract the zipped directory of the Firefox installer.

#tar xvjf <download-file>

Navigate to the extracted folder by using the "cd" command and or enter Firefox on the terminal. Another option is you can just browse the folder and double-click on the Firefox icon.

#firefox

This will open Firefox browser on your system.

Conclusion

This article provides 3 simple steps to download Mozilla Firefox and use it without any complex steps. Firefox browser is easy to use and popular among security researchers. A combination of the Firefox browser and PortSwigger Burpsuite is used by many security professionals to find critical vulnerabilities in the system.