Installing Gephi on CentOS

  1. Install Java

yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk

  1. Download the latest linux gephi installer from https://gephi.org/users/download/

wget -q https://github.com/gephi/gephi/releases/download/v0.9.3/gephi-0.9.3-linux-x64.tar.gz

  1. Extract the Gephi

tar xvf gephi-0.9.3-linux-x64.tar.gz

  1. Configure X11 forwarding

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

  1. Make below parameter as Yes

  • X11Forwarding yes

  1. Verify X11Forwarding parameter

cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config |grep -i X11Forwarding

  1. You should see similar output as the following:

  • X11Forwarding yes

  1. Restart ssh service

service sshd restart

  1. From any SSH client such as MobaXterm on local machine connect to remote machine with X11 forward

DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0  ssh -i CentOS-OS.pem -Y centos@54.159.140.179 /opt/gephi-0.9.3/bin/gephi

CentOS Gephi

Developed By: Anusha Srirenganathan

Documented By: Kennedy Carper

Tested By: -