Zoom is a popular online communication platform used for Chats, Video conferencing, Mobile collaboration, Online meetings, and for holding webinars. The Zoom Client runs on Linux, Windows, macOS and Mobile devices – both Android and iPhone. This short guide will cover the installation of Zoom client on Kali Linux. Zoom really is a good solution for web presentations, demos, and even internal Company conferencing
Install Zoom Client on Kali Linux
We will download Zoom package for Debian based systems from the Zoom Download Centre and install it with the apt package manager.
If you don’t have the wget command line tool, install it using the command.
sudo apt -y install wgetOnce wget is installed, pull the latest release of Zoom package.
wget https://zoom.us/client/latest/zoom_amd64.debYou can then install Zoom Client on Kali Linux with the apt or dpkg package manager command.
sudo apt install ./zoom_amd64.debIf there are any dependencies to be installed it will be done automatically without your intervention. So when asked if to proceed with the installation, agree by pressing the y key.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'zoom' instead of './zoom_amd64.deb'
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
figlet finger firebird3.0-common firebird3.0-common-doc freerdp2-x11
gdal-data libarmadillo9 libarpack2 libbson-1.0-0 libcfitsio8 libcharls2
libconfig-inifiles-perl libdap25 libdapclient6v5 libepsilon1
libfbclient2 libfreerdp-client2-2 libfreerdp2-2 libfreexl1 libfyba0
libgeotiff5 libhdf4-0-alt libkmlbase1 libkmldom1 libkmlengine1
libmemcached11 libmongoc-1.0-0 libnetcdf15 libodbc1 libogdi4.1
libqhull7 libspatialite7 libssh-4 libsuperlu5 liburiparser1 libwinpr2-2
libxerces-c3.2 medusa odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 python3-aiohttp
python3-aioredis python3-ajpy python3-apscheduler python3-async-timeout
python3-git python3-gitdb python3-multidict python3-pyexploitdb
python3-pyfiglet python3-pyshodan python3-pysmi python3-pysnmp4
python3-quamash python3-smmap python3-tld python3-yarl python3-yaswfp
rwho rwhod sparta-scripts toilet-fonts wapiti xsltproc
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
dconf-cli dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service gir1.2-ibus-1.0 ibus
ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 im-config libdconf1 libegl1-mesa
libgl1-mesa-glx libibus-1.0-5 libxcb-xtest0 python3-ibus-1.0
Suggested packages:
ibus-clutter ibus-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dconf-cli gir1.2-ibus-1.0 ibus ibus-data ibus-gtk ibus-gtk3 im-config
libegl1-mesa libgl1-mesa-glx libibus-1.0-5 libxcb-xtest0
python3-ibus-1.0 zoom
The following packages will be upgraded:
dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service libdconf1
3 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 813 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,361 kB/80.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 322 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] yThe version of package installed can be confirmed using the following command.
$ apt policy zoom zoom: Installed: 3.5.385850.0413 Candidate: 3.5.385850.0413 Version table: *** 3.5.385850.0413 100 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Launch Zoom on Debian / Ubuntu
Launch Zoom client from command line or from Desktop Launcher.
You can then join a meeting with invitation ID.
Input the meeting ID and your name to be displayed once you join the meeting.
Or login to Zoom and create meetings, have chats and make Video calls with Zoom.
This marks the end of our guide on how to install Zoom Client on Kali Linux. Usage should be a straightforward process. But you can visit the Help Center page if you need steps on how to use specific Zoom feature.
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