[Dot] Missing layout plugins
Ported Issue from Mantis Original ID: 708 Reported By: Suresh
SEVERITY: CRITICAL Submitted: 2007-04-13 22:30:58
OS: X86-LINUX-RHEL 4.0
VERSION: 2.12
DESCRIPTION
Hi
We are facing some issues with the graphviz application.
Please find below the graphviz (http://graphviz.org ) application error message.
Input file digraph G { a -> b; a -> x -> y -> z; node28 -> {node29,node30,node31}; }
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
[erg] There are 3 problems here. First, there is the syntax error. Nodes in a subgraph do not use comma separators, so your graph should just have
node28 -> {node29,node30,node31};
Second, in the command
dot -Tpic 1.dot 1.ps
is 1.ps meant to be the output file? If so, you need to use -o 1.ps. Also, if the .ps subscript implies this is a postscript file, the appropriate -T option is -Tps.
Third, it appears the config file for the graphviz plugins has not be created. This would cause the message
Error: Layout was not done. Missing layout plugins?
The simplest thing to try is running dot -c. This should create the file graphviz/config under the library directory used for installation. Normally, this is done when you run
make install.