Installing Chrome, Edge, VSCode, PowerShell 7 on Kali 2022.4
Update: 14/12/2022 - PowerShell 7.3.1 and 7.2.8 were released shortly after this article was published.
Installing Google Chrome
As always update package sources before we start:
sudo apt updateDownload the current stable build of Chrome for Debian and install using apt:
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.debNote: You may receive a permissions notification: “Download is performed unsandboxed as root…….” this can safely be ignored if you confirm the installation was successful.
Installing Microsoft Edge
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge-dev.list'
sudo rm microsoft.gpg
sudo apt update && sudo apt install microsoft-edge-stableEdge should now be installed successfully. Run Edge:
microsoft-edgePowerShell
PowerShell 7.2.6 is installed by default in Kali 2022.4. PowerShell 7.2.7 (Long Term Support) or PowerShell 7.3.0 (Stable) are both available to manually download and install.
Firstly remove version 7.2.6. It does not seem to like being upgraded.
sudo apt remove powershell powershell-ltsThen download one of the following using wget:
wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.2.7/powershell-lts_7.2.7-1.deb_amd64.deb
wget https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v7.3.0/powershell_7.3.0-1.deb_amd64.debThen install the version you downloaded:
sudo apt install ./powershell-lts_7.2.7-1.deb_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./powershell_7.3.0-1.deb_amd64.debNote: You may receive permissions notification: “Download is performed unsandboxed as root…….” this can safely be ignored if you confirm the version you install was sucessful.
Then from your terminal start PowerShell:
pwshFrom the PowerShell prompt check the installed version:
$PSVersionTableInstall Azure and ExchangeOnline PowerShell modules
From PowerShell:
Install-Module -Name Az
Import-Module Az
Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement
Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagementThen attempt a connection to Exchange Online:
Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName [email protected]
Get-MailboxYou should be connected to Exchange Online and see a list of mailboxes in the tenant. Disconnect from Exchange Online:
Disconnect-ExchangeOnline -Confirm:$falseInstall Visual Studio Code (VSCode)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install code-ossIf required you can install the PowerShell extension from the GUI. If you want something similar to the ISE interface from Windows PowerShell, press F1 and type Enable ISE Mode.
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