How To Install socnetv on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is socnetv

socnetv is:

SocNetV (Social Network Visualiser) is a flexible and user-friendly tool for Social Networks Analysis and Visualisation. It lets you create new networks (graphs) with a few clicks on a virtual canvas or load networks of various formats (GraphML, GraphViz, Adjacency, UCINET, Pajek, etc) and modify them to suit your needs.

The application can compute network properties, such as density, diameter and geodesic distances, as well as node-wise and network indices such as various types of Centrality and Prestige. Various layout algorithms (i.e. Spring-embedder, circular and in levels according to prominence indices) are supported for meaningful visualisations of your networks. Furthermore, it can create various random networks (Erdos-Renyi, Watts-Strogatz, ring lattice, etc) with a few clicks.

There are three methods to install socnetv 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 socnetv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install socnetv

Install socnetv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install socnetv

Install socnetv 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 socnetv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install socnetv

How To Uninstall socnetv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove socnetv

Uninstall socnetv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove socnetv

Remove socnetv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge socnetv

Remove socnetv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge socnetv

Dependencies

socnetv have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5charts5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• socnetv website

Summary

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