On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:46, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 08:45:04AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > [snip] > > > Second, more general question: the dependency links in debian > > > form a directed graph. Presumably, it is acyclic. That implies > > > that the graph contains root, interior and leaf nodes. Is their > > > some program which displays just the root nodes? It would be > > > useful answering my first question. > > > > I'm not sure but it would be a quick job in perl, if it hasn't been done > > (and packaged) already. > > A moment with 'apt-cache search graph|sort|less' produces > apt-rdepends. Thus, along with the recommended package graphviz, > one can do: > apt-rdepends -d evolution | dotty > and get a big graph. Now, the trick will have to be to turn it > into a png or jpg.... > Hi, this is very interesting. you get to see the relationships between packages. I also tried it with '-d -r'. I also got a chance to try my hand at making a simple family tree graph. I always wondered what 'dotty' was. Neat for simple graphs. -Kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
