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Parrot is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian Testing and designed with Security, Development and Privacy in mind. It includes a full portable laboratory for security and digital forensics experts, but it also includes all you need to develop your own software or protect your privacy while surfing the net. It is designed for vulnerability assesment, penetration testing, anonmous web browsing. It is very popular with the ethical hacking community and it was initially released in 2013. It use MATE desktop enviromnet as default user interface.
Features of Parrot Security OS.
Secure :
Always updated, frequently released and fully sandboxed! Everything is under your complete control.
Free (as in freedom):
Feel free to get the system, share with anyone, read the source code and change it as you want!
this system is made to respect your freedom, and it ever will be.
Lightweight :
We care about resources consumption, and the system has proven to be extremely lightweight and run surprisingly fast even on very old hardware or with very limited resources.
In this tutorial, I will show top things to do after installing Parrot Security Operating System.
Update and Upgrade the system
You may have downloaded the older version of the operating system or tools got updated. It is vital to keep the system update for security. You can use the following guide to update the system.
Open the Terminal and enter the following command. It will download the package lists from various repositories and update them to get information on the newest versions of packages and their dependencies.
Syntax:
Sudo apt-get update
Update installed software packages using the following command. -y argument is given so you don't have to manually enter it.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
The following command will remove obsolete packages.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get autoremove
Reboot the machine.
Note: Updating and Upgrading for the first time will take some time to fetch data.
Now its a time to install some tools which not come along with operating system.
Install leafpad
Leafpad is an open source text editor for linux with the focus of being a lightweight text editor with minimal dependencies, designed to be simple and easy to compile.
Syntax :
sudo apt-get install leafpad
Install google-chrome
Parrot OS consists of a Firefox web browser with additional security add-ons. However, in some cases, it is good to have another web browser. You can download the .deb file from the Official Google Chrome Website. Type the following command to install the Chrome browser. Change the name of the file if it differs from the following example.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Install Angry ip scanner
You can download angry ip scanner from official site : https://angryip.org/download/#linux
Angry IP Scanner (or simply ipscan) is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features.
It is widely used by network administrators and just curious users around the world, including large and small enterprises, banks, and government agencies.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get dpkg-i ipscan_3.6.0_amd64.deb
Parrot is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian Testing and designed with Security, Development and Privacy in mind. It includes a full portable laboratory for security and digital forensics experts, but it also includes all you need to develop your own software or protect your privacy while surfing the net. It is designed for vulnerability assesment, penetration testing, anonmous web browsing. It is very popular with the ethical hacking community and it was initially released in 2013. It use MATE desktop enviromnet as default user interface.
Features of Parrot Security OS.
Secure :
Always updated, frequently released and fully sandboxed! Everything is under your complete control.
Free (as in freedom):
Feel free to get the system, share with anyone, read the source code and change it as you want!
this system is made to respect your freedom, and it ever will be.
Lightweight :
We care about resources consumption, and the system has proven to be extremely lightweight and run surprisingly fast even on very old hardware or with very limited resources.
In this tutorial, I will show top things to do after installing Parrot Security Operating System.
Update and Upgrade the system
You may have downloaded the older version of the operating system or tools got updated. It is vital to keep the system update for security. You can use the following guide to update the system.
Open the Terminal and enter the following command. It will download the package lists from various repositories and update them to get information on the newest versions of packages and their dependencies.
Syntax:
Sudo apt-get update
Update installed software packages using the following command. -y argument is given so you don't have to manually enter it.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
The following command will remove obsolete packages.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get autoremove
Reboot the machine.
Note: Updating and Upgrading for the first time will take some time to fetch data.
Now its a time to install some tools which not come along with operating system.
Install leafpad
Leafpad is an open source text editor for linux with the focus of being a lightweight text editor with minimal dependencies, designed to be simple and easy to compile.
Syntax :
sudo apt-get install leafpad
Install google-chrome
Parrot OS consists of a Firefox web browser with additional security add-ons. However, in some cases, it is good to have another web browser. You can download the .deb file from the Official Google Chrome Website. Type the following command to install the Chrome browser. Change the name of the file if it differs from the following example.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Install Angry ip scanner
You can download angry ip scanner from official site : https://angryip.org/download/#linux
Angry IP Scanner (or simply ipscan) is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features.
It is widely used by network administrators and just curious users around the world, including large and small enterprises, banks, and government agencies.
Syntax:
sudo apt-get dpkg-i ipscan_3.6.0_amd64.deb
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