Installing PIP for Python 2.7 on Windows 10.

I downloaded and installed Python 2.7 from python.org.  Then I went to run a script I found online but the script required modules/dependencies.   Anyone that has ever installed a module in Python knows you need to run the pip command via the command line to install a module.  

I go to run pip and the fresh install of Windows 10 tells me it's not installed.

I go to https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/ and it tells me to download and run get-pip.py which they give you the download link for. 

I download the file and run it via Administrative command prompt and it tells me that it couldn't download because of an sslerror. (

Really!

Their alternative instructions lead me to download two .whl files which are installed using Wheel (a Python module)

Alright so how do you install Wheel.  Well.... you use pip to install Wheel.  (https://wheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing.html)

Im not sure this was well thought out.

After some research and a gracious answer from user956584 on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49883457/python-pip-install-sslerror-windows I downloaded a different package of Python 2.7 from Python.org

https://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.15/python-2.7.15.msi

This package installed with pip.  It added Python and pip to the PATH.  I did have to upgrade pip afterwards but that was the easy part. 

Installing archive manager (engrampa) in Kali Linux

Engrampa is my favorite archive manager for linux.  It comes installed by default with Linux Mint which is one of my favorite linux versions.

Kali Linux comes out of the gate with a lot of tools installed but lacks support for a lot of programs. 

I use Kali on a laptop that has no personal information on it and is only used to test other devices/networks with.   Kali Linux does not come with an archive manager by default.   Any time you download and zipped up file (tar.gz) you cant open it without using the command line.   I already have enough commands to remember...  Archive commands are not top on my priority list, thus I have to look them up every once in a while.  Plus after downloading files I want the ease of right clicking on the file downloaded and being able to click 'Extract Here'.   It makes it so much easier, faster and nicer to have an archive manager like Engrampa installed.  Below is how I installed it and some of the troubles I ran into.

I added the MATE repository to my sources.list file because Engrampa is not in the Kali or Debian repositories.  (I have Debian repositorys installed for other packages that I wanted, that werent in the Kali repositories)

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#commands to run

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

#add the line below to the sources.list file

deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian/ wheezy main

sudo apt-get update

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During the update I received an error about an invalid public key.

To install the key run this command.

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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 68980A0EA10B4DE8 68980A0EA1B4DE8

sudo apt-get update

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If you do not receive any errors then  install engrampa and caja.

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sudo apt-get install engrampa caja

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Engrampa will install but wont run without caja being installed.

After that you can double click and open any zip file.

The Flock Browser

If you have yet to check out the Flock Browser I suggest you do. It was built off of the Mozilla Firefox browser and includes a lot of features for social bugs. I love how tools these days are integrating more applications for heavy internet users. The Flock Browser is doing just that by integrating tools that connect users to their facebook and other social network accounts.

Installing the Flock Browser may be the toughest thing to Flock. Whenever you load the Flock Browser for the first time it gives you directions for loading whatever online communities you might be affiliated with. Including various blogging tools, online email accounts, and social community tools. It has a terrific rss reader built-in and also great podcasting tools. If you use an online photo storage/displaying community like Photobucket, Picasa and more, it integrates tools for each of them as well.

The browser also has easy buttons to access all these tools individually. It also ties in almost all regular browser functions as well.

If you get a chance and are a heavy internet user, this browser is custimizable to allow you to view/access all your online needs. My only complaint might be that they dont integrate myspace which is fine, I can log into that one community by myself.

Check this browser out.