Installing on WSL2 Note: This option only works in Windows 10, where our final set up will include a GUI and CLI for Parrot OS by upgrading a Debian WSL app.

WSL 2 Follow this tutorial 202 via Microsoft Docs

Requirements: Running Windows 10, updated to version 2004 Build 19041 or higher. 64-bit Machine (for Kernel Update)

Install WSL Open PowerShell as Admin and run:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart Restart your machine and complete WSL install

Update to WSL 2 Open PowerShell as Admin

wsl --set-default-version 2 If you see

WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component. For information please visit aka.ms/wsl2kernel

Download and install the MSI x64 Linux Kernel.

Install Debian Open the Microsoft Store and select Debian distro Get and install the application Create a unix user account (ex. parrot) and password Ensure that Debian is running on WSL 2 Powershell

wsl --list --verbose wsl --set-version Success! You now have WSL2 and Debian installed :slight_smile:

Debian → Parrot 🦜 Let’s get to the fun stuff! In your CLI, copy and paste to get the parrot-install.sh 459 Alternatively, copy the raw text if you don’t trust me 😭

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PawnStorm0x/parrot-install/master/parrot-install.sh -o parrot-install.sh chmod a+x parrot-install.sh sudo ./parrot-install.sh Select 1. Install Core Only Why: This will get the correct sources.list for the parrot repositories. I highly recommend this option!

Update works, but upgrade returns:

404 archives/packages not found Previous: /etc/apt/sources.list New: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

debian.list (empty) parrot.list (auto-generated)

My parrot.list deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free #deb-src https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ rolling main contrib non-free deb https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ rolling-security main contrib non-free #deb-src https://deb.parrot.sh/parrot/ rolling-security main contrib non-free You may use ANY mirror, but I the rolling release was the only successful endpoint for upgrading.

When you enter root you should see the parrot CLI styling 💖

To Upgrade sudo su parrot-upgrade This will install all dependencies for the OS, and important packages, but no security tools, or GUI.

Installing a GUI apt-get install parrot-interface parrot-interface-full parrot-tools-full Installing Security Tools apt -y --allow-downgrades install parrot-interface parrot-interface-full parrot-tools-full To Access the GUI As of now, we should have a WSL 2 instance with all of the bells and whistles. So, to access this machine, we will use the onboard application, Remote Desktop Connection.

LAN XRDP Server This will create an access port on your Local Area Network through the WSL network adapter. Allows you to connect to an operating system. Note: You can only remote into a single WSL machine at a time (b/c they share an IP address)

apt-get install xrdp I created a bash file (rdp.sh) with

#!/bin/bash /etc/init.d/xrdp start ip addr Output Side Note: I recommend Windows Terminal (Preview) for WSL2

Highlighted is the IP Address you are looking for. Enter this into the RDC program and click Connect.

Once you enter the creds into the XRDP Server, you may now access the Parrot GUI. And it works :slight_smile: