{"id":1127,"date":"2013-07-29T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2025-03-12T07:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T07:51:55","slug":"how-to-install-yed-graph-editor-in-ubuntu-linux-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/how-to-install-yed-graph-editor-in-ubuntu-linux-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install yEd Graph Editor in Ubuntu, Linux Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yEd-graph-editor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1130\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yEd-graph-editor-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"yEd graph editor\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yEd-graph-editor-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yEd-graph-editor.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>This tutorial shows how to install the most recent yEd Graph Editor in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Linux Mint 21\/22.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>yEd<\/b> is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. Create diagrams manually, or import your external data for analysis. The automatic layout algorithms arrange even large data sets with just the press of a button.<\/p>\n<h3>Install yEd via its official script<\/h3>\n<p>The official website provides the yEd installer script for 64-bit (AMD\/Intel CPU) Linux systems, which includes a suitable JRE.<\/p>\n<p>To download this script, simply click the link below to go to its download page:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yworks.com\/products\/yed\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download yEd<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-yed.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48339\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-yed-700x474.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-yed-700x474.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-yed-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-yed-768x520.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/download-yed.webp 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After downloaded the script, press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open up a terminal window, then run 2 commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, add executable permission to the script for current user:\n<pre>chmod u+x ~\/Downloads\/yEd*.sh<\/pre>\n<p>Here, assume you saved the downloaded script in user&#8217;s Downloads folder.<\/li>\n<li>Then, run the script via command:\n<pre>sh ~\/Downloads\/yEd*.sh<\/pre>\n<p>It will pop-up an installer wizard. Just follow it until done. Finally, you may launch it from system start menu or Gnome overview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-wizard.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48340\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-wizard-700x529.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-wizard-700x529.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-wizard-300x227.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-wizard-768x580.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-wizard.webp 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall yEd<\/h3>\n<p>The yEd installer script by default installs it into user&#8217;s Home directory. So, just delete that folder will remove it from your system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-folder.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48341\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-folder-700x419.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-folder-700x419.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-folder-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-folder-768x460.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/yed-folder.webp 1088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To get rid of the leftovers, such as desktop entry, and app data, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to remove them:<\/p>\n<pre>rm -R ~\/.yEd &amp;&amp; rm rm ~\/.local\/share\/applications\/*yEd*.desktop<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial shows how to install the most recent yEd Graph Editor in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Linux Mint 21\/22. yEd is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. Create diagrams manually, or import your external data for analysis. 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