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SONAR Installation

Install SONAR

Section titled “Install SONAR”

This guide explains how to install SONAR depending on your operating system.

Windows (NSIS or MSI)

Section titled “Windows (NSIS or MSI)”
  1. Download: Get the Windows installer from the download page.
  2. Install: Double-click the downloaded .exe or .msi file and follow the setup wizard.
  3. Required dependency: Install Npcap 1.87 if you want to capture live network traffic.

Linux (AppImage, DEB and RPM)

Section titled “Linux (AppImage, DEB and RPM)”

Make sure libpcap is available on the host before running live capture.

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sudo apt install libpcap-dev

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)

Section titled “Debian / Ubuntu (.deb)”
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sudo apt install ./sonar*.deb

Fedora / CentOS / RHEL (.rpm)

Section titled “Fedora / CentOS / RHEL (.rpm)”
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sudo dnf install ./sonar*.rpm

Portable run (.AppImage)

Section titled “Portable run (.AppImage)”
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chmod +x SONAR*.AppImage
./SONAR*.AppImage

macOS (DMG)

Section titled “macOS (DMG)”
  1. Download: Get the .dmg file from the download page.
  2. Install: Open the disk image and drag SONAR into Applications.
  3. First launch: If macOS blocks the app, allow it from the system security settings.

CLI / headless mode

Section titled “CLI / headless mode”

Recent SONAR versions also expose a no-window mode for automated workflows.

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sonar --headless

Additional resources

Section titled “Additional resources”