1 pkgdepgraph prints out a "dot" language specification of the
2 inter-dependencies of your installed packages. The "dot" language
3 is interpreted by the graphviz package to make graphs. There are
4 several uses for such information.
6 (1) A graphical representation of information is always good to
9 (2) The output itself can be sorted and filtered to provide a list
10 of packages to delete in order that they can be rebuilt (to replace
11 out-of-date components).
13 (3) You can visually estimate the work involved in (or impact of)
14 removing a given component in order to replace it.