NAME

       rpmgraph - Display RPM Package Dependency Graph

SYNOPSIS

       rpmgraph PACKAGE_FILE ...

DESCRIPTION

       rpmgraph  uses  PACKAGE_FILE  arguments  to  generate  a  package  dependency graph.  Each
       PACKAGE_FILE argument is read and added to an rpm transaction set.  The  elements  of  the
       transaction  set  are  partially  ordered using a topological sort.  The partially ordered
       elements are then printed to standard output.

       Nodes in the dependency graph are package names, and edges in the directed graph point  to
       the  parent of each node.  The parent node is defined as the last predecessor of a package
       when partially ordered using the package dependencies as a relation.  That means that  the
       parent of a given package is the package's last prerequisite.

       The  output  is in dot(1) directed graph format, and can be displayed or printed using the
       dotty graph editor from the graphviz package.  There are  no  rpmgraph  specific  options,
       only  common  rpm  options.   See  the  rpmgraph  usage  message  for  what  is  currently
       implemented.

SEE ALSO

       dot(1),

       dotty(1),

       ** http://www.graphviz.org/ <URL:http://www.graphviz.org/>**

AUTHORS

       Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>

                                           30 June 2002                               RPMGRAPH(8)