How To Install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8. socnetv is A Social Networks Analyser and Visualiser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8.

What is socnetv

Social Network Visualizer (SocNetV) is a cross-platform, user-friendly free software application for social network analysis and visualization.

We can use yum or dnf to install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install socnetv.

Install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install socnetv using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install socnetv

Install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install socnetv using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install socnetv

How To Uninstall socnetv on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the socnetv package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove socnetv

socnetv Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/socnetv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/be3cbbca536f6da808e1055180e51337d117f6
/usr/share/applications/socnetv.desktop
/usr/share/doc/socnetv
/usr/share/doc/socnetv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/socnetv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/socnetv/README.md
/usr/share/doc/socnetv/changelog
/usr/share/licenses/socnetv
/usr/share/licenses/socnetv/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/socnetv.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/socnetv.appdata.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/socnetv.png
/usr/share/socnetv/socnetv_de.qm
/usr/share/socnetv/socnetv_es.qm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install socnetv on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.