On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM, <[email protected]>wrote:
> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 18:20:32 -0800 > From: Andrew Beyer <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SEAPY] Stand-alone, graphical python-code > dependency-tree generator? > To: Seattle Python Interest Group <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Chris Barker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > A lot of people seem to like graphvis -- I'd guess that figuring out how > to > > get it on your machine may be your best bet. > > I'd second that suggestion. Graphviz tends to be better at generating > this kind of diagram than standalone tools which try and reimplement > something similar, and is used by lots of things...you'll likely find > other uses for it once it's there. > > I do recall the build process for it being a little bit of a pita if > you don't install it from a package manager...there is lots of > dependency chasing to get all the libs it uses (and all that they > use.) But if you don't need the fancy rendering features, I think > you can build it without cairo, which cuts way back on the > requirements, and may help if you have trouble building it. > My issue appears to be one of install permissions: I downloaded the I-believe-current graphviz msi (I did mention I'm working in Windoze, I hope) and get the following error trying to install: 1: ALLUSERS property is not 1 - this MSM cannot be used for a per-user or fallback-to-per-user install and I don't have admin install privileges. Thanks! DG
