---
title: Install Gephi on Linux
date: 2022-06-19
lastmod: 2024-05-18
tags: [graph, visualization, linux]
slug: install-gephi-on-linux
author: Samuel Ortion
lang: en
draft: true
---

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.

```bash
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`:
```text
[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 !

## References

- [Gephi](https://gephi.org/)
