Install Gephi on Linux
Gephi is a software package for graph visualization. Let’s install it on Linux.
Install Gephi
Don’t forget to update the release version in the URL, as well as in the resulting decompressed folder name.
wget https://github.com/gephi/gephi/releases/download/v0.9.5/gephi-0.9.5-linux-x64.tar.gz
tar -xzf gephi-0.9.5-linux-x64.tar.gz
sudo mv gephi-0.9.5 /opt/gephi
Now you could use it by running ./bin/gephi
in the terminal.
Setup desktop entry
For an easier access, you could add a desktop entry to your menu.
In /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/gephi.desktop
:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Gephi
Comment=Launch Gephi
Path=/opt/gephi/
Exec=/opt/gephi/bin/gephi
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Icon=gephi-tool-icon-200x200-1.jpg
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Development;Education;
Keywords=graph;
That’s it !