How To Install neo4j on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install neo4j on Kali Linux.

What is neo4j

neo4j is:

This package contains Neo4j Community Edition. It’s a highly scalable, native graph database purpose-built to leverage not only data but also its relationships. Neo4j runs as a server application, exposing a Web-based management interface and RESTful endpoints for data access.

There are three methods to install neo4j on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install neo4j Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install neo4j using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install neo4j

Install neo4j Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install neo4j using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install neo4j

Install neo4j Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install neo4j using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install neo4j

How To Uninstall neo4j on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the neo4j package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove neo4j

Uninstall neo4j And Its Dependencies

To uninstall neo4j and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neo4j

Remove neo4j Configurations and Data

To remove neo4j configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge neo4j

Remove neo4j configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove neo4j configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neo4j

Dependencies

neo4j have the following dependencies:

• default-jre

References

• neo4j website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install neo4j package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.