unzip SecLists-master.zip -x "*/Passwords/Leaked-Databases/*" -d SecLists/ (This excludes the massive leaked databases folder.) Fix: Use sudo for system directories or install in your home folder.
cd /mnt/c/Users/YourName/Documents/ # or /home/YourName/ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists.git Knowing where things are is useless unless you know what is there. Here is a map of the most valuable directories: installing seclists
cd /usr/share/wordlists/ sudo rm -rf SecLists/ sudo git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists.git If you used the method on Kali: unzip SecLists-master
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade seclists Problem 1: "Filename too long" on Windows When cloning on Windows native (Git Bash), you may encounter errors about long filenames. installing seclists
Enable long paths in Git: