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pkgdepgraph prints out a "dot" language specification of the
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inter-dependencies of your installed packages. The "dot" language
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is interpreted by the graphviz package to make graphs. There are
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several uses for such information.
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(1) A graphical representation of information is always good to
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look at.
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(2) The output itself can be sorted and filtered to provide a list
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of packages to delete in order that they can be rebuilt (to replace
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out-of-date components).
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(3) You can visually estimate the work involved in (or impact of)
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removing a given component in order to replace it.
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