How to Install graph-vl on FreeBSD Latest

graph-vl is a powerful graph visualization library, and in this tutorial, we will discuss the steps to install graph-vl on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure that you have the following things:

Installation Steps

Follow these steps to install graph-vl on your FreeBSD machine:

1. Install the required dependencies

To install graph-vl on your FreeBSD machine, first, you need to install the required dependencies. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

pkg install cairo llvm90 glib2 node npm

2. Clone the graph-vl repository

Next, clone the graph-vl repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/verifid/graph-vl.git

This will create a graph-vl directory in your current working directory.

3. Install the node modules

Next, navigate to the graph-vl directory and run the following command to install the node modules:

cd graph-vl
npm install

4. Install the graph-tool

graph-vl depends on another library called graph-tool. You can install the graph-tool library by running the following command:

pkg install py38-graph-tool

5. Build the C++ bindings

graph-vl uses C++ bindings to communicate with graph-tool. To build the C++ bindings, run the following command:

npm run build-addon

6. Start the development server

You can now start the development server using the following command:

npm start

This will start the development server at http://localhost:3000/, and you can access the graph-vl application from your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we discussed the steps to install graph-vl on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can use graph-vl for graph visualization and analysis on your FreeBSD machine.

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