docker-yed

Install and run yEd in a Docker container.

Quick Start
FAQ and Common Problems

Quick Start

Build and Start

Just run make, this will build and start the container. After building the yEd installer should pop up. Accept the agreement and use the default values and paths.

Use yed inside the container to install and/or start yEd, if yEd didn't start automatically.

Press CTRL+D or use exit to shut down the container.

Workspace

Inside the container: You can save your work in /home/yed/workspace
Outside the container: You can access your work in ${GIT-PATH}/docker-yed/workspace

You can specify your own custom workspace directory by passing WORKSPACE=$DIRECTORY as an argument.

Example: make WORKSPACE=/opt

Bash Alias

Put this in your .bashrc (or elsewhere) to start the container and yEd:

Default workspace:

alias yed='make -C ${GIT-PATH}/docker-yed'

Custom workspace:

alias yed='make -C ${GIT-PATH}/docker-yed WORKSPACE=${OWN_WORKSPACE_PATH}'

Installer Options

To install yEd simply run yed-install inside the container, if the installer didn't pop up or you closed it.

Recommendation: Just leave the default values as they are:

Agreement: I accept the agreement (this is not default)
Destination directory: /home/yed/yEd
Create symlinks: /usr/local/bin
Create a desktop icon: Yes (don't care)
Run yEd Graph Editor: Yes (don't care)

You can now run yEd directly from the installer or just run yed-run inside the container shell.

yed-install    # install yed
yed-run        # run yed

FAQ and Common Problems

What is yEd?

It's a cross-platform application (Linux, Windows, and Mac OS) that can be used to draw diagrams.

You can export diagrams as GIF, JPEG, PNG, EMF, BMP, PDF, EPS, and SVG.

Installation Loop

You need to install yEd every time you run the container because the installer script doesn't provide a command line interface.

Got Permission Denied

Error:

Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at ...:
Post ...: dial ...: connect: permission denied

Solution (add your user to docker group):

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
su -s ${USER}

Docker is not running

Error:

ERROR: Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock.
Is the docker daemon running?

Solution (start docker service):

sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker    # optional, docker will now start automatically

Remove Container

List docker-yed container(s):

docker images | grep docker-yed    # list containers, we only care about docker-yed container(s)

Remove container(s):

docker image rm docker-yed    # by name
docker image rm ${ID}         # by ID, alternative option

Stop container(s):

docker container stop ${ID}

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