pacgraph

visualizes the dependency relationships between installed packages

TLDR

Draw the dependency graph as both SVG and PNG

$ pacgraph

Stop after the SVG

$ pacgraph --svg

Print a text summary instead of drawing anything

$ pacgraph --console

Write to a chosen path, without an extension

$ pacgraph --file [path/to/graph]

Recolor the packages nothing else depends on

$ pacgraph --top [color]

Recolor the dependencies

$ pacgraph --dep [color]

Recolor the arrows between packages

$ pacgraph --link [color]

Change the background

$ pacgraph --background [color]

pacgraph visualizes the dependency relationships between installed packages on Arch-based systems. It generates a graph showing packages as nodes sized by their disk usage, with lines connecting packages to their dependencies.The output can be an SVG image, PNG image, or console text summary. The tool helps users understand their system's package structure, identify large packages, and visualize dependency chains. Colors distinguish between explicitly installed packages and dependencies.

PARAMETERS

-s, --svg

Produce SVG output only (no PNG)

-c, --console

Print summary to console instead of generating graph

-f, --file path

Output filename (without extension)

-t, --top color

Color for explicitly installed packages

-d, --dep color

Color for dependency packages

-b, --background color

Background color of the graph

-l, --link color

Color for dependency links

-p, --point size

Font point size

-n, --no-compression

Disable SVGZ compression

-e, --explicits

Include only explicitly installed packages

-o, --optdeps

Include optional dependencies

--show-req-by

Show packages that require the listed package (reverse dependencies)

-m repo

Draw only the specified package/repo and its dependencies

INSTALL

yay -S pacgraph

CAVEATS

Large systems with many packages produce complex graphs that may be difficult to read. PNG generation requires additional dependencies (typically graphviz or PIL). Do not include file extension in the -f option.

HISTORY

Developed for Arch Linux to provide visual insight into package relationships. Helps users understand disk usage distribution across packages and identify opportunities for cleanup by showing which packages have few dependents.