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update Kali Linux,Kali Linux Fix update error

Kali Linux’s the great Penetration testing system is like any other system in the world it need to be updated,
Most of the update is not by Kali Linux team, most of the update is by the tools programmers...

By those smart guys who made the great tools you can find in Kali Linux
So we have to update Kali Linux to keep the tools in functional order.
This short tutorial will show you the command to update the tools and system.
What you will learn in this tutorial is
1- how to update Kali Linux
2- how to fix update errors
3- how to update Kali Linux on a network that has a proxy


First you can check this youtube video


So let's start !
Step One:
Start Kali Linux and open a terminal.

Step Two:

Type
1apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
in the terminal and hit Enter Now everything should work fine and the update will start ...
But what if you got some wired errors...

2- Fix Kali Linux Update errors

Type
1apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Still having the problem ? maybe some package is missing ?
for that type


1apt-get update --fix-missing
Then type
1apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Still not working?
Now we have to check our  sources.list file .. For that i made a post check
 Fix Kali Linux sources.list Repositories
So after all its not working ?
Maybe you have a proxy in your network ?
So here is the fix
Update behind proxy type

Type :
1sudo apt-get install proxychains 
add proxy to /etc/proxychains.conf then 
1proxychains apt-get update && apt-get upgrade 
....
Hope its working now and you got your system updated but if not then leave a comment with details about the error.

update Kali Linux
Kali Linux Fix update error

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