HOW TO INSTALL YED GRAPH EDITOR (BLOCK DIAGRAM MAKER) IN UBUNTU 16.04 – A FREE VISIO ALTERNATIVE FOR LINUX

Introduction

In this article we are going to learn How to install yed graph editor (block diagram maker) in Ubuntu 16.04. Yed is a open source diagran creator software and a free visio alternative developed by yWorks GmbH using Java programming language and released under Freeware license. It’s an nice light weight application and consumes less memory even if you are creating large diagrams or editing large diagrams.

Now let’s have a look at features of yed graph editor (block diagram maker) :

• It’s an cross platform application available for major operating systems i.e. Linux, Microsoft Windows, MacOS.
• Yed graph editor can be used to create different type of diagrams i.e. Circuit diagrams, block diagrams, network diagrams, flowcharts…etc…
• The application is designed such a way that you can easily create diagrams.
• You can import your data in to the application from different file formats like .xml, excel.
• Can design different kind of graphics i.e. Vector Graphic & Bitmap graphic.
• Yed graph editor free visio alternative can export designed graphics in different file formats i.e. pdf, jpg, swf, png..etc..

For more information & features of yed graph editor you can visit the official website.

Follow the below steps to install yed graph editor (block diagram maker) in Ubuntu 16.04 – A free visio alternative for Linux

Before start the installation of yed graph editor (block diagram maker) let’s update the packages & repositories of Ubuntu 16.04 using below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update   # Update Packages & Repositories
Hit:1 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease                                                                                                       
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                             
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                  
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease               
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

After updating the packages & repositories now we have to download the yed free visio alternative installation script from official website. So use the below command to download the same.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ wget http://www.yworks.com/resources/yed/demo/yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh   # Download the Package
--2018-01-15 08:07:00--  http://www.yworks.com/resources/yed/demo/yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh
Resolving www.yworks.com (www.yworks.com)... 217.160.0.52, 2001:8d8:100f:f000::217
Connecting to www.yworks.com (www.yworks.com)|217.160.0.52|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 90078546 (86M) [application/x-sh]
Saving to: ‘yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh’

yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh                 100%[=====================================================================================>]  85.91M   553KB/s    in 2m 30s  

2018-01-15 08:09:30 (588 KB/s) - ‘yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh’ saved [90078546/90078546]

As you can see below I have already downloaded the yed graph editor package but it doesn’t have execute permission. Without execute permission we can’t install it.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ ls -l yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh  # Downloaded Package
-rw-rw-r-- 1 elinuxbook elinuxbook 90078546 Nov 24 02:01 yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh

To give execute permission to the downloaded package use the below command.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ chmod +x yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh   # Give execute permission 

Now use the below command to start the installation of yed free visio alternative app.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ sudo ./yEd-3.17.2_64-bit_setup.sh  # Start the Installation

After run the above command the yed graph editor (block diagram maker) installation wizard will get start. Refer the snapshot below. Here just click on Next.

Accept the license agreement.

Now you can set the installation directory for yed free visio alternative. Here I am going with the default path. So click on Next.

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The below step will create Symlinks for binary files. Refer the snapshot below. Click on Next.

Tick on create a desktop icon and the click on Next.

Click on Finish to complete the yed graph editor (block diagram maker) package installation.

We have successfully completed the Yed app installation. Now use the below command to open the yed free visio alternative app.

elinuxbook@ubuntu:~$ yEd   # Open the Application

You can also open the application graphically using Search your computer box. Refer the snapshot below.

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