Step failed: Installing the system or Installing step failed : Install the system at 80% or The failing step is install the system error on Kali Linux

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Step failed: Installing the system or Installing step failed : Install the system at 80% or The failing step is install the system error on Kali Linux

When I tried to install Kali Linux 1.0.6 today, I got an error. I didn’t really knew exactly at what percentile it failed, but the error message was “Installing step failed” and I could either take a screenshot or Continue from there. Very annoying. I saw many people who had the same issue in Kali forums and I tried one step at a time. This error message varies for different people to different version of Kali Linux. You might be getting any of these errors

1. Step failed: Installing the system in Kali Linux or
2. Installing step failed : Install the system at failed at 80% or any any random percent in Kali Linux or
3. The failing step is install the system error in Kali Linux

Following are my troubleshooting steps and the summary of all the solution proposed by different people in different forums, blogs etc. I take no credit for the information’s provided except being the keyboard jockey who likes to write stuffs and LOVE Kali Linux. Kudos to all the people who tried to provide solution and managed to work past it. So here goes:

Step 1. Download Official Kali Linux Images:

Pretty much explains itself. You should download Kali Linux from it’s official website. Everyone knows where you can get these images, but I’ll list them here for conveniences:

ISO Files

Kali Linux is available as a bootable ISO in both 32 and 64-bit formats.

• Download Kali ISOs

VMware Images

Kali is available as a pre-made VMware virtual machine with VMware Tools installed. The VMware image is available in a 32-bit PAE format.

• Download Kali VMware Images

ARM Images

Due to the nature of the ARM architecture, it is not possible to have a single image that will work across all ARM devices. Kali Linux website has Kali Linux ARM images available for the following devices:

• rk3306 mk/ss808
• Raspberry Pi
• ODROID-U2/X2
• MK802/MK802 II
• Samsung Chromebook

Personally, I found by downloading from TORRENT is much better, faster, you get SHA1 checksum file with your download and TORRENT does check file integrity better than most download clients. Then again, it is up to you on what method you want to choose.

Step 2. Verifying SHA1 Checksums of Downloaded Images:

When you download an image, be sure to download the SHA1SUMS and SHA1SUMS.gpg files that are next to the downloaded image (i.e. in the same directory on the server).

Step 2.a Ensure the Origin of the SHA1SUMS File

Before verifying the checksums of the image, you must ensure that the SHA1SUMS file is the one generated by Kali. That’s why the file is signed by Kali’s official key with a detached signature in SHA1SUMS.gpg. Kali’s official key can be downloaded in one of two ways:


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