Created by Boris Alexandrov, last modified on Apr 06, 2021

packages installation with yum 

Install graphviz

yum install graphviz

install graphviz development libraries and includes:

yum install graphviz-devel

register the plugins (for rendering, etc)

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:/usr/lib64/graphviz:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}

[root@r01edge pkgconfig]# export prefix=/usr/lib64

dot -c  

list installed plugins:

dot -v
dot - graphviz version 2.30.1 (20201013.1554)
libdir = "/usr/lib64/graphviz"
Activated plugin library: libgvplugin_pango.so.6
Using textlayout: textlayout:cairo
Activated plugin library: libgvplugin_dot_layout.so.6
Using layout: dot:dot_layout
Activated plugin library: libgvplugin_core.so.6
Using render: dot:core
Using device: dot:dot:core
The plugin configuration file:
/usr/lib64/graphviz/config6
was successfully loaded.
render : cairo dot fig gd map pic pov ps svg tk vml vrml xdot
layout : circo dot fdp neato nop nop1 nop2 osage patchwork sfdp twopi
textlayout : textlayout
device : bmp canon cmap cmapx cmapx_np dot eps fig gd gd2 gif gtk gv ico imap imap_np ismap jpe jpeg jpg pdf pic plain plain-ext png pov ps ps2 svg svgz tif tiff tk vml vmlz vrml wbmp x11 xdot xlib
loadimage : (lib) eps gd gd2 gif jpe jpeg jpg png ps svg xbm

no root access

if there is no access to root, or there is a need to install it your home directory the following procedure could be used:

  1. download the rpm :

    wget http://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.9.2009/os/x86_64/Packages/graphviz-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
    --2020-12-24 19:31:02-- http://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.9.2009/os/x86_64/Packages/graphviz-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
    Resolving rpmfind.net (rpmfind.net)... 195.220.108.108
    Connecting to rpmfind.net (rpmfind.net)|195.220.108.108|:80... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
    Length: 1330968 (1.3M) [application/x-rpm]
    Saving to: ‘graphviz-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm’

    100%[====================================================================================================================================================================>] 1,330,968 430KB/s in 3.0s

    2020-12-24 19:31:06 (430 KB/s) - ‘graphviz-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm’ saved [1330968/1330968]

  2. place it in your home directory
  3. convert the rpm into a cpio: rpm2cpio graphviz-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm >graphviz-2.30.1-22.cpio
  4. unarchive:  cpio -ivd <graphviz-2.30.1-22.cpio
  5. rename usr to graphviz: mv usr graphviz
  6. set the prefix to the graphviz location: export prefix=/home/dataexplorer2/graphviz
  7. set LD_LIBRARY_PATH:  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${prefix}/lib:${prefix}/lib/graphviz:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
  8. set PATH: export PATH=${prefix}/bin:${PATH}
  9. create links in lib64 directory of graphviz: 
    1.  ln -s libpathplan.so.4.0.0 libpathplan.so
    2. ln -s libcdt.so.5.0.0 libcdt.so
    3. ln -s libcgraph.so.6.0.0 libcgraph.so
    4. ln -s libxdot.so.4.0.0 libxdot.so
    5. ln -s libgvc.so.6.0.0 libgvc.so
  10. register plugins: dot -c
  11. verify plugins: dot -v

download the development package:

  1. wget http://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.9.2009/os/x86_64/Packages/graphviz-devel-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
  2. rpm2cpio graphviz-devel-2.30.1-22.el7.x86_64.rpm >graphviz-devel-2.30.1-22.cpio
  3. copy include directory from usr to your graphviz location: 
    1. cd usr
    2. cp -r include ${prefix}