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installation in kali linux

Massimo | Last updated: Apr 02, 2020 09:48PM UTC

I can't install burp pro in kali linux, you could kindly tell me step by step how to proceed thanks

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Apr 03, 2020 08:39AM UTC

Hi, Once you have downloaded the installer (latest version will be burpsuite_pro_linux_v2020_2_1.sh) you then need to enter the following command from within a terminal in order to make the script executable: chmod +x burpsuite_pro_linux_v2020_2_1.sh With that done, you then need to run the following command in order to execute the script and initiate the installation wizard: ./burpsuite_pro_linux_v2020_2_1.sh You can then follow the installation wizard and complete the installation. Please let us know if you require any further assistance.

Mohammed | Last updated: Apr 21, 2020 09:19AM UTC

When I run the ./burpsuite_pro_linux_v2020_2_1.sh command in my Kali Linux, I get Exec format error

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Apr 21, 2020 11:25AM UTC

Hi, Are you using the 32 or 64-bit version of Kali Linux?

Tari | Last updated: May 19, 2020 02:06PM UTC

I had the same issue. I use linux 64bit. I installed java prior to installing burpsite and still showed the same error "exec format error" this happened only after the update of kali linux. Could you please give a solution to install burpsuite. Thanks

Tari | Last updated: May 19, 2020 02:06PM UTC

I had the same issue. I use linux 64bit. I installed java prior to installing burpsite and still showed the same error "exec format error" this happened only after the update of kali linux. Could you please give a solution to install burpsuite. Thanks

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: May 20, 2020 10:19AM UTC

Hi, What output do you receive when you type the uname -a command into your Kali Linux machine? In addition, can you confirm the full name of the Burp installation file that you are trying to install?

Paulo | Last updated: Jun 18, 2020 08:22PM UTC

hello, I'm also having the same problem. Answering the question, when I use the command:uname -a, I have this answer: kali@kali:~/Downloads$ ./burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_2_1.sh Unpacking JRE ... Starting Installer ... ./burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_2_1.sh: 604: /home/kali/Downloads/burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_2_1.sh.3195.dir/jre/bin/java: Exec format error kali@kali:~/Downloads$ uname -a Linux kali 5.5.0-kali2-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 5.5.17-1kali1 (2020-04-21) i686 GNU/Linux Can you help me? please.

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Jun 19, 2020 08:44AM UTC

Hi Paulo, From the results of your uname -a command it looks like you are running a 32-bit version of Kali Linux. The later versions of Burp are only supported on 64-bit architecture so you would need to use to the 64-bit version of Kali in order to get this to work for you.

Paulo | Last updated: Jun 19, 2020 12:13PM UTC

Ok Ben, Thanks :)

Steve | Last updated: Aug 10, 2020 03:53AM UTC

When I attempt to download burp pro it stops at 232 mb. I have Linux 5.7.0-kali1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.7.6-1kali2 (2020-07-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux I have burp on my virtualbox with Mac OS but wanted to move everything over Kali linux laptop instead. /dev/sda5 1.9G 5.7M 1.7G 1% /tmp /dev/sda3 2.3G 1.5G 705M 68% /var /dev/sda6 411G 150M 390G 1% /home /dev/sda1 511M 140K 511M 1% /boot/efi tmpfs 3.2G 8.0K 3.2G 1% /run/user/0 I have plenty of room for the install. I have moved my download files to root opt and downloads in firefox but nothing helps. Any help would be great.

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 10, 2020 08:43AM UTC

Hi Steve, The Linux Burp Professional is only 189MB in size - is this the file that you are trying to download? We do not have any issues with our download servers currently - is there something blocking the download? Have you tried to download the file on another machine and copy it across to your Kali machine?

Sachin | Last updated: Aug 26, 2020 01:58PM UTC

How to update once I Downloaded this "burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_8_1.sh " file in kali linux in terminal? PS:I'm using kali linux latest version Thank you!!

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 27, 2020 08:01AM UTC

Hi Sachin, Can you clarify what you are trying to update? Have you installed Burp using the burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_8_1.sh script?

Sachin | Last updated: Aug 27, 2020 03:37PM UTC

Yeah I have Downloaded the latest but (.sh)file but how do we install the it ? That's my problem

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 28, 2020 08:22AM UTC

Hi, You need to change the script so that it is executable by entering the following command: chmod +x burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_8_1.sh You can then install Burp using the following command: sudo ./burpsuite_community_linux_v2020_8_1.sh

Gaurav | Last updated: Nov 04, 2020 08:17PM UTC

Kali Linux does not use the BurpSuite installer, rather it uses the Burp Suite JAR file. The JAR file is kept in the /usr/bin folder.   Navigate to /usr/bin  cd /usr/bin Rename burp suite to old sudo mv burpsuite burpsuite_old Copy the last burp suite jar file to /usr/bin sudo cp /root/Downloads/burpsuite_community_*.jar /usr/bin/ Rename the new jar to burpsuite sudo mv burpsuite_community_*.jar burpsuite Give permissions to execute the file as program sudo chmod +x burpsuite Delete the old BurpSuite File sudo rm burp suite_old Hope this helps!!

Drone | Last updated: Dec 05, 2020 08:10AM UTC

I just downloaded and install the version 2020.3.1 of burpsuite and after installation when i ran burpsuite, it always open the old version not the the latest one. Any help regarding that...? or do i have to uninstall the old verion then install this new one...?

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Dec 07, 2020 08:41AM UTC

Hi, Are you running Burp from the shortcut on Kali Linux machine? If so, does this shortcut point to the location of the old version of Burp that came preinstalled?

Talha | Last updated: May 26, 2021 10:41AM UTC

Hi I download burpsuite_pro_linux_v2021_3_3.sh and give the permission chmod +x burp, that's fine to me it download in /opt/bursuitepro/ i open in terminal and run the command burp-load.jar it want the license key and i find out that in my burp-pro file there is no key-gen.jar to get license key i am using parrot security OS Mate version 4.11 i change the java config java-11 to java-8 please solve my problem

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: May 26, 2021 10:52AM UTC

Hi, Have you purchased a license key from us to use Burp Professional?

Andy | Last updated: Nov 30, 2021 06:26PM UTC

I have a license key and have downloaded the latest .sh installer for burpsuite_pro_linux. On my kali machine, after using chmod +x , I get: starting installer ... invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 error followed by many lines of java and runtime errors. Any guidance would be appreciated. Additionally, where should I be placing this file before installing, and is there not a sudo install command that could work?

Andy | Last updated: Nov 30, 2021 06:30PM UTC

figured it out...

Raptor | Last updated: Dec 07, 2021 06:33PM UTC

@Andy Come on mate. You know there's a special place in hell for people who post "figured it out..." as a solution. Details please.

Robert | Last updated: Mar 18, 2022 01:39PM UTC

In my case it was a permissions issue. Running sudo ./burpsuite_pro_linux_v2020_2_1.sh Worked.

Artur | Last updated: Jun 01, 2022 03:06PM UTC

Hi, I had same issue. In my scenario I was RDP'ed to Kali via non-root. ``` rxxx1@kali:~/Downloads$ sudo ./burpsuite_pro_linux_v2022_3_9.sh [sudo] password for rut: Unpacking JRE ... Starting Installer ... Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyAn error occurred: ``` Even from root over RDP it didnt work. For me: Running same command from root@SSH worked fine.

Simon | Last updated: Feb 02, 2023 09:48AM UTC

thanks @Artur --> use SSH instead of RDP

Laura | Last updated: May 27, 2024 02:10AM UTC

what else I need to install burp suit pro? sudo sh burpsuite_pro_linux_v2024_4_4.sh [sudo] password for kali: Unpacking JRE ... Starting Installer ... An error occurred: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment$LocalGE Error log: /tmp/install4jError579474820567324221.log java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment$LocalGE at java.desktop/java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:106) at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11.XToolkit.<clinit>(XToolkit.java:225) at java.desktop/sun.awt.PlatformGraphicsInfo.createToolkit(PlatformGraphicsInfo.java:41) at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Toolkit.java:595) at java.desktop/java.awt.Toolkit.getEventQueue(Toolkit.java:1489) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.isDispatchThread(EventQueue.java:1089) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.GUIHelper.invokeOnEDT(GUIHelper.java:436) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.init(AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.java:83) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.ConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(ConsoleScreenExecutor.java:25) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.java:6) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Installer.java:97) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.runInProcess(Installer.java:73) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:50) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580) at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(LauncherEngine.java:84) at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.UnixLauncher.start(UnixLauncher.java:71) at install4j.Installer2990604421.main(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: Exception java.awt.AWTError: Can't connect to X11 window server using '172.26.103.79:0' as the value of the DISPLAY variable. [in thread "main"] at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initDisplay(Native Method) at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment$1.run(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:105) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:319) at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.initStatic(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:64) at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment.<clinit>(X11GraphicsEnvironment.java:59) at java.desktop/sun.awt.PlatformGraphicsInfo.createGE(PlatformGraphicsInfo.java:37) at java.desktop/java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment$LocalGE.createGE(GraphicsEnvironment.java:93) at java.desktop/java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment$LocalGE.<clinit>(GraphicsEnvironment.java:84) at java.desktop/java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(GraphicsEnvironment.java:106) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.initGC(Window.java:492) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.init(Window.java:512) at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:554) at java.desktop/java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:428) at java.desktop/java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:393) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.InstallerUtil.initHeadless(InstallerUtil.java:598) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.InstallerUtil.isHeadless(InstallerUtil.java:588) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.InstallerUtil.getExecutionMode(InstallerUtil.java:553) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Installer.java:86) ... 7 more

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: May 27, 2024 10:44AM UTC

Hi, Are you able to confirm what happens if you try and install Burp as a non-root user?

Philip | Last updated: Aug 30, 2024 08:43AM UTC

@ben no worky

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Aug 30, 2024 09:44AM UTC