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Question or issue on macOS:

I’m having trouble while installing PyGraphviz.
I’m using Anaconda in Mac OS X.

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Error messages indicates some reasons, but I already checked out it is installed in anaconda directory.

According to the error messages, How can I change the the include_dirs and library_dirs variables in setup.py??

Here is the error message that I meet

How to solve this problem?

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Solution no. 1:

brew install graphviz

then:


pip install –install-option=”–include-path=/usr/local/include/” –install-option=”–library-path=/usr/local/lib/” pygraphviz
Both path in bold should NOT contain “graphviz”.

Worked for me on OSX 10.14.1

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Solution no. 2:

Assuming that you’ve already installed graphviz software:

As described in this blog post use the following parameters whilst trying to run pip install pygraphviz

So the final command would look like pip install pygraphviz --install-option='--include-path=/usr/local/include/graphviz/' --install-option='--library-path=/usr/local/lib/graphviz'.

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What this does is this explicitly specified where the libraries of the original program (graphviz) exist for the python extension to use. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to get automatically recognized.

Worked on MacOS Sierra with Python 3.6

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Solution no. 3:

try the following (make sure to have anaconda-client installed and updated):

Solution no. 4:

Graphviz can be installed via homebrew: brew install graphviz.

Then do:

And finally:

Tested on Sierra and woks fine.

Hope this helps!

I was looking up other algorithms used for layout. I am trying to figure out whether some of these algorithms would provide a ‘better’ layout for de bruijn graphs. Something that approaches the ones shown in

I am listing some of the libraries I found in igraph and tulip, not sure if any of these would do a better job (not knowing much about their difference and their relation to the ones used in graphviz). I was wondering if someone with more experience with layout algorithms might provide some insight, and whether there are better algorithms that might be worth trying out.

igraph:

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Method nameShort nameAlgorithm description
layout_circlecircle , circularDeterministic layout that places the vertices on a circle
layout_drldrlThe Distributed Recursive Layout algorithm for large graphs
layout_fruchterman_reingoldfrFruchterman-Reingold force-directed algorithm
layout_fruchterman_reingold_3dfr3d , fr_3dFruchterman-Reingold force-directed algorithm in three dimensions
layout_grid_fruchterman_reingoldgrid_frFruchterman-Reingold force-directed algorithm with grid heuristics for large graphs
layout_kamada_kawaikkKamada-Kawai force-directed algorithm
layout_kamada_kawai_3dkk3d , kk_3dKamada-Kawai force-directed algorithm in three dimensions
layout_lgllarge , lgl , large_graphThe Large Graph Layout algorithm for large graphs
layout_randomrandomPlaces the vertices completely randomly
layout_random_3drandom_3dPlaces the vertices completely randomly in 3D
layout_reingold_tilfordrt , treeReingold-Tilford tree layout, useful for (almost) tree-like graphs
layout_reingold_tilford_circularrt_circulartreeReingold-Tilford tree layout with a polar coordinate post-transformation, useful for (almost) tree-like graphs
layout_spheresphere , spherical , circular_3dDeterministic layout that places the vertices evenly on the surface of a sphere

Layout

Tulip allows the visualization of information, and thus, provides several layout algorithms to display information and data in a neat fashion.

  • Basic :The standard functions can be found in this sub group such as the Circular display or the Random layout .
  • Force Directed :These layouts will try to place nodes so that the distance in the graph (specific metric on the edges) should be the closest to the distance on the drawing. Known such algorithm are the FM^3, the GEM Frick and the Kamada Kawai.
  • Hierarchical :Those representations, in accord to their name, are perfect for presenting hierarchical structures or graph showing precedence relationships. The Balloon and the Sugiyama algorithms are good examples of such layout.
  • Misc :This sub group contains miscellaneous algorithms, notably the packing and overlap removal algorithms.
  • Multilevel :Multilevel layout is computed by including gradually the initial nodes into a layout, thus iteratively improving the node placement. The MMM and the fast multipole layout follow these steps. The iterativity allows to gradually enhance the representation.
  • Planar :These algorithms are specialized in generating aesthetic planar layouts. With minimized edge crossings, those representations offer understandable 2D visualizations.
  • Tree :As indicated by the sub group name, these layouts are particularly suited to trees or hierarchical data. They can be applied to any graph because if a graph is not tree it is internally applied to a spanning tree of each of its connected components.

dot - “hierarchical” or layered drawings of directed graphs. This is the default tool to use if edges have directionality.

neato - 'spring model’’ layouts. This is the default tool to use if the graph is not too large (about 100 nodes) and you don’t know anything else about it. Neato attempts to minimize a global energy function, which is equivalent to statistical multi-dimensional scaling.

fdp - 'spring model’’ layouts similar to those of neato, but does this by reducing forces rather than working with energy.

sfdp - multiscale version of fdp for the layout of large graphs.

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twopi - radial layouts, after Graham Wills 97. Nodes are placed on concentric circles depending their distance from a given root node.

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circo - circular layout, after Six and Tollis 99, Kauffman and Wiese 02. This is suitable for certain diagrams of multiple cyclic structures, such as certain telecommunications networks.