Installing Firefox on Kali Linux

Kali Linux ships with the IceWeasel, which is the default Web browser. IceWeasel is a rebranded version of FireFox by the Debian Foundation. This was done so they could distribute the software without being bound by trademark requirements from The Mozilla Foundation.
The Debian gurus didn’t like Mozilla’s license agreement and decided to use IceWeasel instead of Firefox. The story is a little more complex than that, so we won’t get into the history of it. If you are curious look it up. This article will focus on installing Firefox on Kali Linux.
Note: This is copy paste guide to achieve installation. So yah, this is the best way to go about doing it!
Step 1: Close IceWeasel
Sounds obvious, but many people forget to close IceWeasel.
Step 2: Copy and Paste
The second step is basically 5 different commands you will paste into the terminal.

apt-get remove iceweasel
echo -e “\ndeb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main” | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29
apt-get update
apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build

Command Break Down
Here is what you are doing when you execute those 5 commands:

1. apt-get remove iceweasel

This command removes the IceWeasel Web browser

echo -e “\ndeb  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all  main” | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null

This command adds the necessary sources for FireFox.

apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com C1289A29

This command adds secure gpg keys for the Ubuntu repository. You need this because Kali does not connect to the Ubuntu repository by default.

3. apt-get remove update

This command updates the application repository indexes.

4. apt-get install firefox-mozilla-build

This command installs Firefox.

This command installs Firefox.
When you go to your Internet directory, you will see Firefox listed. All done and very simple.