It was Released a new version of BlackArch Linux 2019/09/01 which includes new builds of just over 150 new tools. For those unfamiliar with BlackArch Linux should know that This is a specialized distribution for security research and systems security studies.
The distribution It is based on the Arch Linux package base and includes around 2.300 security-related utilities. The project-supported package repository is supported by Arch Linux and can be used on standard Arch Linux installations.
As many of you will know, Arch Linux is a Rolling Release system, so there are no new versions as such, if not continuous updates, although in the case of system images, "new compilations" are gradually released in order to offer the versions. most current system packages and thus avoid the additional download of several extra GB for the user.
The same happens for BlackArch since every so often it offers a new compilation with the update of the system packages.
The fluxbox, openbox, awesome, wmii, i3 and spectrwm window managers are offered as graphical environmentsIn addition to that the distribution can work in live mode, but it also develops its own installer with compilation capabilities from source code.
In addition to the x86_64 architecture, the packages in the repository are also built for ARMv6, ARMv7, and Aarch64 systems and can be installed from Arch Linux ARM.
Main news of BlackArch 2019/09/01
As mentioned at the beginning, this new compilation of BlackArch in its structure includes more than 150 new programs added to its great list of tools available for network auditing, forensic analysis and more.
While for the heart of the system, This new version offers the Linux Kernel updated to version 5.2.9 (branch 5.1 was used previously), while for the system part the installer was updated (it is the blackarch-installer version 1.1.19).
For the case of all window managers, terminal font added, plus menus redesigned for awesome, fluxbox and openbox window managers. Although in BlackArch 2019/09/01 the version with the dwm window manager is discontinued.
The announcement also highlights that new presets for vim were added, placed in ~ / .vim and ~ / .vimrc files.
Get Black Arch
If you want to install this distribution or just try it, you can go to its official website and download the ISO of the system so that you can install it or burn it on a USB or DVD, you can download from here.
This new build was prepared in the form of a 15 GB live image (x86_64) in size and a shortened image for installation over the network (650 MB).
Install Black Arch tools on top of an Arch Linux installation or derivatives
Now we also have the possibility of being able install Black Arch tools on our Arch Linux based system.
For this there is only you have to download the following script to make the necessary configurations to install the tools. We just have to open a terminal and execute the following.
First we must activate the privileges of the root user:
sudo su
Now we proceed to download the script:
curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh
We proceed to give the file execution permissions:
chmod +x strap.sh
And we execute the file with the following command:
sudo ./strap.sh
Done this we proceed to install blackman which will be the tool that helps us install the Black Arch tools:
sudo pacman -S blackman
From now on we can install the tools individually or by category we can see the list of categories with the following command:
blackman -l
And to see the tools included in each category with the following command:
blackman -p <category>
To install a specific tool with the following command we do it:
sudo blackman -i <package>
Now in the case of wanting to download all the Black Arch tools of a specific category with the following command we do it:
sudo blackman -g <group>
Finally, if all you want is to install all the tools that Black Arch has, with this command you do
sudo blackman -a
Even though we have another installation method for the tools, I recommend this first since what it will do is download the tools and compile them so the chances of an error are reduced.