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Build Tools and GDB

After creating your Kali Linux VM you should consider installing the common build tools:

sudo apt install build-essential

This should install gcc, g++, make, and several others.

To add support for 32-bit binaries, which are still common in CTFs, do the following:

sudo apt install gcc-multilib g++-multilib

Finally, install the GNU Project Debugger, gdb:

sudo apt install gdb