In this short article I want to write down the needed steps in order to generate a list of all graphs (no automorphisms!) with nauty.

What is it?

A more detailed explanation with additional information can be found here. Also, the documentation can be found here.

How to get it?

You can find it here. Download the gzipped tar file from there.

In order to install it on a Mac, follow these simple steps:

Navigate to the directory containing the tar.gz file
- Use the cd command to change to the directory where your nauty2_8_9.tar.gz file is located. For example:
```
cd ~/Downloads
```
- Replace ~/Downloads with the actual path if it's located elsewhere.
Extract the tar.gz file
- Run the following command to extract the contents of the tarball:
```
tar xvzf nauty2_8_9.tar.gz
```
- This command will unpack the contents into a directory named nauty2_8_9.
Navigate into the extracted directory
- Change to the newly created directory:
```
cd nauty2_8_9
```
Run the configure script
- Run the configure script to prepare the build environment:
```
./configure
```
- This script checks your system for the necessary tools and libraries and sets up the Makefile accordingly.
Compile the package
- Compile the source code by running:
```
make
```
- The make command compiles the program and builds the executables.
Install (Optional)
- If you want to install the binaries system-wide (usually under /usr/local/bin), you can run:
```
sudo make install
```
- You'll be prompted to enter your password because this command requires administrative privileges.
Verify the installation
- To verify that the installation was successful, you can try running one of the nauty commands. For example:
```
./dreadnaut
```
- If the command runs without errors, the installation was successful.