Installing¶

Quick Install¶

Get graph_snapshot from the Python Package Index at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/graph_snapshot

or install it with:

pip install graph_snapshot

to get the latest stable version.

Installing from Source¶

Github¶

Clone the graph_snapshot_pip repository

git clone https://github.com/NicoHaaf/graph_snapshot_pip.git

Change directory to “graph_snapshot_pip”

Run “python setup.py install” to build and install

Requirements¶

Python¶

graph_snapshot works only with Python 3.8.

You need some python further python packages:

pip install networkx
pip install pygraphviz #depends on graphviz
pip install dot2tex

GraphViz¶

To use PyGraphviz you need GraphViz version 2.16 or later. Some versions have known bugs that have been fixed; get the latest release available for best results.

Official site: http://www.graphviz.org

Latex¶

In order to compile the output files of graph_snapshot, the following Latex packages are required.

amsmath

tikz

float

In addition, you also need these tikzlibraries:

arrows

shapes

decorations