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.

Viewers:

  • KGraphViewer — Graphviz DOT graph file viewer from KDE.
https://apps.kde.org/kgraphviewer/ || kgraphviewer
  • xdot.py — Interactive viewer for graphs written in Graphviz's dot language (built on GTK+).
https://github.com/jrfonseca/xdot.py || xdot

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.gv -Tpng -o foo.png -v 2>&1 | grep font

Example

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

Here is a dot file example. 

example.gv
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.gv -o example.png

See also