Burp Suite update in Kali Linux
Launch Burp Suite again and you’ll see that you won’t be alerted that there is a new update available. You’ll indeed be running the latest version.
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How to update Burp Suite on Kali Linux
Kali Linux has a different installation package that has a custom package created from PortSwigger.
“The ‘burpsuite’ file in the /usr/bin directory is actually a script file — the script launches the burpsuite.jar file, which is actually located in the /usr/share/burpsuite directory. When you enter the ‘burpsuite’ command on the command line you are executing the script file which then launches the burpsuite.jar file.”
Follow this process to update Burpsuite on Kali Linux. The normal way for a linux distro is to download and update the burpsuite JAR file. This will not work for Kali as there are a few scripts to run to call burpsuite and install it. I found this out by trial and error myself!
Here is the process to update on Kali Linux. This will also work for a fresh installation.
Select Burp Suite Community Edition, Linux (64-bit) Download
The file “Bourne shell script” will default to your /home/kali/Downloads directory.
Run the file with sudo permissions:
Leave the defaults and select enter on each installation. For updates you will receive this message…Select Yes, update the existing installation. Next. For new installations your will not be prompted :
Run the Program from All Applications and you should be running the latest version of burp suite…
How to Easily Update Burp suite 2.x from 1.7.x for Linux
Today we’re going to be learning how to upgrade or update our Burp Suite version from the latest 2.1 version in 2023. The latest Burp Suite includes the Pro and Community Editions on Linux, this update is awesome, and this one works right now. After downloading it from the official website, I would show you how you will get it installed and updated easily on your Linux distribution.
The Burp suite update tutorial should be installable and work for the following Linux distributions:
- Debian
- Gentoo
- Ubuntu
- Linux Mint
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- CentOS
- Fedora
- Kali Linux
- Arch Linux
- OpenSUSE
Note however that this is available to Community and Pro Edition only, soon the developers would update for Enterprise versions, so you should keep checking here because I’ll update this post when it’s available for Burp Suite Enterprise Edition.
This update has some new cool features for security researchers, whitehat hackers, etc. The latest version has some new features along with its previous functionalities. One of the major features of the update is that now Burp suite comes new display setting called Darcula (Night theme), this is to improve its UI (user interface) for LOVERS OF NIGHT MODE.
If you’re already in the information security or cyber sec game (Web app security and InfoSec), you should already know what is Burp suite and how useful and powerful it is for your work or research.
STEPS ON HOW TO UPDATE! How to Update Burp Suite in Kali Linux to version 2
There are many ways to go about updating your Burp Suite but what worked for me was using CLI (Command line) in Terminal to update my Burp Suite Community Edition to the latest v2.1. Therefore we will learn how to upgrade Burp suite to version 2 using simple and fast command lines in 2020 / 2021.
2. Look for Burp Suite Community Edition v2.1 and click Download for Linux
Filename should be “burpsuite_community_linux_v2_1.sh”
3. After download completes be sure it’s in your download folder
4. Open Terminal and use the following commands
5. Hit Enter and wait, Setup Wizard will pop-up >> Select – Yes, update the existing installation.
That’s all! Now you can open Burp Suite again from your Linux app menu and continue to enjoy Burp with its new features for your researches.
Before now, there are 2 versions of Burp Suite (Free) or Burp Suite Community Edition for you.
Burp Suite Community Edition v1.7.36 – this is the stable version we all had been using.
Burp Suite Community Edition v2.1 – The latest one released June 28, 2019. It was in BETA mode as at the time I wrote this post.
Note that Community Edition is the Free version of Burp suite, there’s 2 other Paid Editions which are
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Most of the instructions out there on updating Burp Suite on Linux are for the community version, not the Pro version. I thought I’d make a quick post on how to do this on Ubuntu, and this will likely work for other Linux flavors. I’ve noticed that the .sh file doesn’t like being run with sudo, so these instructions reflect that.
1. An automatic prompt to update should occur when you open Burp Suite if it is out of date. You should note your existing version number which shows at the top of the main window.
2. Follow the wizard and download the file to
3. Close the Burp Suite GUI
4. Run these commands from a terminal:
cd
/Downloads
ls | grep -i burp
chmod u+x <burp-filename>.sh
./<burp-filename>.sh
7. Click the Show Applications button in Ubuntu
9. Click the Burp icon
If everything went well, the new version should show at the top of the window. These steps are very simple of course, but it’s slightly annoying that the update wizard doesn’t actually tell you these steps, so here they are!