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RPM Dependency Graph

Posted by michael on from the graphical-user-interface dept.

Lomby writes "Following the spirit of the kernel schematics poster, I wrote a script that generates a diagram that depicts the rpm packages installed in your system, along with their dependencies. You can find more details and a download link at freshmeat."

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  1. How about Debian by term0r · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Would be nice to see / have one of these for debs. Most people dont worry too much about dependencies on Debian, apt-get being what it is, but would still be nice to see what requred what on my system.

  2. Re:A step in the right direction. by Buck2 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    However, it still doesn't solve the problem of overcomplicated webs of dependencies and the lack of a single standard package system.

    The answer to this statement lies here:

    That sounds really cool -- I'll have to check it out the next time I try a deb-based disto [sic] .

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