# 使用 Homebrew, apt, Nix 安装 makefile2graph

查看 makefile2graph 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:makefile2graph
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install makefile2graph
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install makefile2graph
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: makefile2graph from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#makefile2graph
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/makefile2graph/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:makefile2graph
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 2021.11.06
- **来源摘要:** Create a graph of dependencies from GNU-Make
- **主页:** <https://github.com/lindenb/makefile2graph>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/lindenb/makefile2graph>
- **最后更新:** 2026-06-13T23:35:04+02:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- make2graph (别名)
- makefile2graph (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 2021.11.06
## 项目历史与用法

makefile2graph is a small command-line tool that turns GNU Make's debug database output into dependency graphs.

### 项目历史

The upstream repository was created in 2014 and the README history records active feature work starting in September 2014, including fixes for GNU Make 4.0 output, long options, basename and suffix handling, root node output, and version printing.

The README shows the tool widening beyond its original Graphviz/dot and GEXF XML output. It added a 'deep' output mode in December 2014, graph formatting controls in August 2023, and PlantUML and Mermaid output formats on August 30, 2023.

### 采用历史

The official README describes a specific package-maintainer workflow: pipe 'make -Bnd' into make2graph, then feed dot output to Graphviz or emit XML, PlantUML, Mermaid, target lists, or deepest independent targets.

Its adoption evidence is mostly repository-level and use-case based rather than institutional. The README's cluster note for deepest independent targets shows the tool solving a real build-analysis problem for complex makefiles.

### 使用方式

Typical usage is 'make -Bnd | make2graph > output.dot' or piping the result to Graphviz to render an image. Other formats include GEXF XML, Mermaid, PlantUML, all-target lists, and deepest independent target output.

The README notes an important parser constraint: make2graph only parses English messages from GNU Make, so users with another locale should set LC_ALL=C. It also states that sub-makefiles are not supported.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

makefile2graph is the sort of tool package maintainers reach for when a makefile has become a dependency maze. It gives a visual or list-oriented view of what GNU Make thinks it is going to do.

It is also interesting because it depends on GNU Make's own debug output rather than reimplementing a makefile parser. That keeps the tool small, but ties it to GNU Make output format and locale.

### 时间线

- 2014: GitHub repository is created.
- 2014: README history records fixes for GNU Make 4.0 output and early CLI options.
- 2014: 'deep' output is added for deepest independent targets.
- 2023: Graph, node, edge, and dirty attribute options are added.
- 2023: PlantUML and Mermaid output formats are added.

### Related projects

- GNU Make is the input source whose debug output makefile2graph parses.
- Graphviz/dot is the default graph output target.
- PlantUML and Mermaid are later text graph output targets.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/lindenb/makefile2graph>
- <https://github.com/lindenb/makefile2graph>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lindenb/makefile2graph/master/README.md>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - makefile2graph - 2021.11.06-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: makefile2graph from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | creates a graph of dependencies from GNU-Make | https://github.com/lindenb/makefile2graph
- Nix - makefile2graph: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ma/makefile2graph/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - makefile2graph - 2021.11.06-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: makefile2graph from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | creates a graph of dependencies from GNU-Make | https://github.com/lindenb/makefile2graph


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/makefile2graph.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/makefile2graph.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph