BlackArch Linux is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, aiming at penetrate testing. It is somewhat an alternative to Kali Linux. Most importantly, Arch Linux can be upgraded to BlackArch directly. So if you are using Arch Linux currently as I do, and if you need Kali Linux, it is a good choice to upgrade your Arch Linux to BlackArch instead of repartitioning your disk and install Kali Linux.
To start the upgrading process, follow this installation guide. But there is something to notice.
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curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh
chmod +x strap.sh
sudo ./strap.sh
sudo pacman -S blackarch
To install as the official guide told us.
But, the installation was not so successfully for me. At first, it said
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error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing deepin-udis86 breaks dependency 'deepin-udis86' required by deepin-wine
The solution was to remove `deepin-udis86’ and all the dependencies manually. And then install again.
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sudo pacman -Rcns deepin-udis86
sudo pacman -S blackarch
And another error occurred.
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error: failed retrieving file 'aesshell-0.7-4-any.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds---------------] 38%
warning: failed to retrieve some files
That is because I use TUNA mirror to download packages quicker in China. Some packages are included in the mirror, while others are not. And the connection to foreign servers are not stable.
I have a V2Ray listening on localhost. Use the proxy to optimize the connection works.
Edit the environment variable to use proxy for pacman
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export https_proxy="http://localhost:1080"
export http_proxy="http://localhost:1080"
And install BlackArch again
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sudo pacman -S blackarch
Then I experienced “failed to commit transaction” errors.
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python-quart: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/quart/wrappers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-quart: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/quart/wrappers/__pycache__/request.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-quart: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/quart/wrappers/__pycache__/response.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
python-quart: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/quart/wrappers/request.py exists in filesystem
python-quart: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/quart/wrappers/response.py exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/prichunkpng exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/priforgepng exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/prigreypng exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/pripalpng exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/pripamtopng exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/pripnglsch exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/pripngtopam exists in filesystem
python-pypng: /usr/bin/priweavepng exists in filesystem
One solution is to run
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sudo pacman -Syyu --needed blackarch --overwrite='*'
But strangely it did not work for me.
I ran
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pip freeze > requirements.txt
pip uninstall -r requirements.txt -y
pip freeze | xargs pip uninstall -y
And if pip fails, replace it with python -m pip
Then came another error
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ERROR: Cannot uninstall 'chrome-gnome-shell'. It is a distutils installed project and thus we cannot accurately determine which files belong to it which would lead to only a partial uninstall.
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tests/__init__.py exists in both 'python-telethon' and 'quark-engine'
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc exists in both 'python-telethon' and 'quark-engine'
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in both 'python-telethon' and 'quark-engine'
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
I tried
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sudo pacman -S --overwrite python-telethon quark-engine
as usual, but this error appeared again after I hit Enter.
I decided to install then independently, and solve the conflict manually.
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sudo pacman -S quark-engine
sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tests/__init__.py
sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc
sudo pacman -S python-telethon
It works!
After all, there were no more conflicts and errors.
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sudo pacman -S blackarch
ran correctly.
