Upgrading to the latest Backtrack version via the Terminal

The long awaited release of the BackTrack 5 R2 kernel has arrived. With a spanking brand new 3.2.6 kernel, a huge array of new and updated tools and security fixes, BT5 R2 will provide a more stable environment than ever before. Here’s how to get the new kernel and all of the updated goodness:

1. Update and upgrade your BT5 (R1) installation:

apt-get update 
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install beef
reboot

2. Verify that you are running a 3.2.6 kernel:

uname -a

3. Install all of the new tools featured in BackTrack 5 R2:

apt-get install pipal findmyhash metasploit joomscan hashcat-gui golismero easy-creds pyrit sqlsus vega libhijack tlssled hash-identifier wol-e dirb reaver wce sslyze magictree nipper-ng rec-studio hotpatch xspy arduino rebind horst watobo patator thc-ssl-dos redfang findmyhash killerbee goofile bt-audit bluelog extundelete se-toolkit casefile sucrack dpscan dnschef

4. Add the new security updates repository to /etc/apt/sources.list, and run upgrade again.

echo "deb http://updates.repository.backtrack-linux.org revolution main microverse non-free testing" >> /etc/apt/sources.list 
apt-get update 
apt-get dist-upgrade

 5.Done! You are now ready to start your new version of backtrack, just before you go, make sure to stop some services that are on by default in R2:

/etc/init.d/apache2 stop
/etc/init.d/cups stop
/etc/init.d/winbind stop

update-rc.d -f cups remove 
update-rc.d -f apache2 remove 
update-rc.d -f winbind remove 

Cheers.