Red Hat 7.0 i386 Package Dependency Graph

What

A graph of all the package dependecies for Red Hat Linux 7.0 for i386, sans glibc and bash (they cluttered the graph up too much...)

The elipses are the packages, the lines are package deps.

The larger the elipse, the more packages that depend on that package.

How?

With a python script, the rpm module, and `graphviz`, a open source graph drawing program from AT&T.

Why?

You have to ask?

And Xach Beane made me do it. Sloth. Scientist.

How long?

It takes about 10 minutes to generate the data, and another 15 or so to generate the postscript.

Can you do this for other releases?

Yes.

There are packages that dont link to anything. What gives?

The graph doesnt include bash or glibc, so packages which only depend on those will appear to be "dangling".

Also, some packages really dont have much in the way of deps.