Kali Linux 2.0 - How to run Google Chrome and VLC as root

The Best way to run google-chrome  in Kali Linux

If you haven't install google-chrome yet follow these steps below.

• Download google-chrome here 
• cd to your download folder or where you downloaded your google-chrome file
• install by issue without Quotation Marks "dpkg -i google-chrome-64.deb"

Now that you have successfully install google-chrome you need to give google-chrome root privileges.

• cd to /opt/google-chrome/chrome

• use nano to edit google-chrome file

• scroll down to last line to <exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome"  "$@">
• add <--user-data-dir>

• press ctrl o to wrtie the file and ctrl x to exit
• now that you your file edited you will need to go open on /usr/share/application folder
• look for Google Chrome
• Right click on Google Chrome, click on property and add the following command
• /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U --no-sandbox

• Allow executing file as program on Permissions section

• Now you can go and run your google chrome !!

The Best way to run VLC in Kali Linux 2.0

If have not yet install vlc issue apt-get install vlc

• use which command to locate vlc hexfile

• use hexeditor to edit vlc by "hexeditor /usr/bin/vlc"
• Press ctrl w for search for geteuid
• Press Tab to edit change getruid sting to getppid
• press ctrl x to save and exit
• Now you can run your VLC