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# Graphviz

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From Wikipedia:

  "Graphviz (short for Graph Visualization Software) is a package of open-source tools [...] for drawing graphs specified in DOT language scripts."

## Installation

Install the graphviz package.

Install xdot for an interactive GTK-based graph viewer.

## Font

You need to install a font to include strings in the graph. For information how to install fonts, see Fonts.

To see what fonts are available:

    $ fc-list

To see what fonts dot is using:

    $ dot example.dot -Tpng -o foo.png -v 2>&1 | grep font

## Example

Tip: For interactive graph development try the vimdot(1) command.

Here is a dot file example.

    example.dot

    digraph graph_name {
      graph [
        charset = "UTF-8";
        label = "sample graph",
        labelloc = "t",
        labeljust = "c",
        bgcolor = "#343434",
        fontcolor = white,
        fontsize = 18,
        style = "filled",
        rankdir = TB,
        margin = 0.2,
        splines = spline,
        ranksep = 1.0,
        nodesep = 0.9
      ];

      node [
        colorscheme = "rdylgn11"
        style = "solid,filled",
        fontsize = 16,
        fontcolor = 6,
        fontname = "Migu 1M",
        color = 7,
        fillcolor = 11,
        fixedsize = true,
        height = 0.6,
        width = 1.2
      ];

      edge [
        style = solid,
        fontsize = 14,
        fontcolor = white,
        fontname = "Migu 1M",
        color = white,
        labelfloat = true,
        labeldistance = 2.5,
        labelangle = 70
      ];

      // node define
      alpha [shape = box];
      beta [shape = box];
      gamma [shape = Msquare];
      delta [shape = box];
      epsilon [shape = trapezium];
      zeta [shape = Msquare];
      eta;
      theta [shape = doublecircle];

      // edge define
      alpha -> beta [label = "a-b", arrowhead = normal];
      alpha -> gamma [label = "a-g"];
      beta -> delta [label = "b-d"];
      beta -> epsilon [label = "b-e", arrowhead = tee];
      gamma -> zeta [label = "g-z"];
      gamma -> eta [label = "g-e", style = dotted];
      delta -> theta [arrowhead = crow];
      zeta -> theta [arrowhead = crow];
    }

To generate a png image from this file:

    $ dot -Tpng example.dot -o example.png

## See also

- The official Graphviz website

Category:

- Applications