This article will document the steps for getting a working version of RHEL running on an M1 mac using the latest version of Parallels Desktop. For those familiar with the M1 platform, it's based on the ARM architecture and thus can sometimes present a problem when trying to run specific software. Screen resolution for the VM does not automatically change on window resize,īut if I fullscreen the VM I can pick a new resolution from within Kali’s own Display settings and it works just fine.I've recently started studying for the RedHat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) exam and wanted to be able to run a local version of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). I had to solve this after the installer told me to download the headers package manually, but this was impossible as headers for my kernel version did not exist.Īfter doing the above, I’m now able to share the clipboard and have Mac directories mounted in Kali. Running the install should now work! Wrapping Up Once it’s unmounted, sudo mount -o exec /dev/cdrom cdrom to mount again and make executable, cd cdrom and sudo. If the device is busy then you can unmount by right clicking the disk from the Kali desktop. You need to remount the Parallels Tools disk in exec mode, so cd /media & sudo umount cdrom0. When you start the Parallels VM, there will likely be a warning triangle in the top right of the application window prompting you to Install Parallels Tools.
Like I said, I’m no kernel nerd - so I sudo apt update and sudo apt dist-upgrade then rebooted the machine and crossed my fingers. In my case, uname -r showed my kernel was 5.10.0-kali3-arm64 but doingĪpt search linux-headers-5.10.0 showed me packages for linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-arm64 (notice I was kali3, not kali7). If you are unlucky and no packages match (which happened to me), then you will need to update the kernel. There should be no need to start adding sources to the package list. You’ll get lucky and find packages that match. I’m no kernel nerd, so this is high level, but if you apt search $(uname -r) then hopefully
Installing Parallels Tools Kali Linux Headersįirst, you need to make sure the Kali Linux headers are available for your kernel version. I did the following using the latest ISO, downloaded in May 2021. Parallels Tools is software for the guest OS that makes your life easierīy allowing things like folder sharing and clipboard usage. If you’re running Kali Linux via Parallels on an Apple M1 chip, this might help you install Parallels Tools. Install Parallels Tools for Kali Linux on Apple M1
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