When I was installing a Kali virtual machine, I came across an error in the “Software selection” step
![](https://somoit.net/content/images/2020/11/img_5fbba1e3d02a9.png)
After confirming the software, the installation shows an “Installation step failed” message.
![](https://somoit.net/content/images/2020/11/img_5fbba206b490f.png)
After browsing through some sites and forums, apparently the problem could be related to not configuring enough space and a suggestion is configuring more than 30-40 GB. But no luck, I configure a new virtual machine with the size increased and the problem persists.
So, I tried to search for errors while reproducing the problem:
Alt + F2 to open a shell
Please press Enter to activate this console
BusyBox v1.30.1 (Debian 1:1.30.1-4) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in-commands.
~ # cd /var/log
/var/log # tail -f syslog
Alt + F1 to return to the installer and “Select and install software” again to make the error be logged.
The recently opened terminal shows an error related to unmet python packages dependencies
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Trying to update apt package list returns error
# apt-get update
-/bin/sh: apt-get: not found
After knowing the hard disk where the installation is being performed is mounted in /target…
# df -h
...
/dev/sda1 ... ... /target
...
… I changed the chroot
# chroot /target
Now apt-get update works, but after running it I realized the CD sources still were configured, so I edited the /etc/apt/sources.list, to comment the CD related lines and uncomment the deb-src one, leaving the file this way:
#deb cdrom:[Kali GNU/Linux 2020.3rc2 _Kali-last-snapshot_ - Official amd64 NETINST with firmware 20200728-20:31]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free
#deb cdrom:[Kali GNU/Linux 2020.3rc2 _Kali-last-snapshot_ - Official amd64 NETINST with firmware 20200728-20:31]/ kali-rolling contrib main non-free
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
Update the package list…
# apt-get update
Get:1 http://mirror.neostrada.nl/kali kali-rolling InRelease [30.5 kB]
Get:2 http://mirror.neostrada.nl/kali kali-rolling/non-free Sources [126 kB]
Get:3 http://mirror.neostrada.nl/kali kali-rolling/main Sources [13.5 MB]
Get:4 http://mirror.neostrada.nl/kali kali-rolling/contrib Sources [61.9 kB]
Fetched 31.0 MB in 19s (1,599 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
…and after resuming the installation, the problem is fixed
![](https://somoit.net/content/images/2020/11/img_5fbba7252fddc.png)