Fix Slow Internet Speed Problem While Upgrading The Kali Linux

The Kali Linux is the famous destro used by the hackers and the penetration testers.Popularity of this OS can be increased day by day due to its in built hacking tools.

The most important think is that the regular updates comes in the kali linux and the net speed can plays the greater role for upgrading the packages in it.But there are some problems arises in updating the kali linux due to its slow internet speed in it.

How to solve the slow internet problem in the Kali Linux?

Here are the some steps below to solve the problem :-


1) First go to the kali docs webpage and go to its repository area.


2) Go to its repo page and copy the repository path.




3) Go to the apt folder in the /etc directory.


 4) Open the source list file in any text editor .






5) Paste the following repository path in the file.




6) Edit the repository path by replacing the second "http" word with the"repo" word.




That's it .After doing all the above things then go to the terminal and see the upgrading speed of the packages and the softwares.This problem can causes a great inconvenience to the users and thus by changing the small thing can solves this complex problem easily.









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2 comments:

SD said...

It gives a 403 Forbidden error and that repository is not signed.

SD said...

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?30214-apt-get-update-running-very-slow
I changed the first http in the link to https and it's working.