---
name: "ggobi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ggobi"
version: "2.1.11-2+b2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ggobi"
---

# ggobi(1)

Visualization system for high-dimensional data

## NAME

ggobi - Visualization system for high-dimensional data

## SYNOPSIS

**ggobi** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

*ggobi* is a data visualization system for viewing high-dimensional data and is the next edition of  *xgobi*(1).

## OPTIONS

*ggobi* accepts the following options:

- *--activeColorScheme\|-activeColorScheme*

  name of the default color scheme to use

- *-ascii*

  use the xgobi-style ASCII data mode

- *---colorSchemes\|-colorSchemes*

  name of XML file containing color scheme descriptions

- *--datamode\|-datamode*

  specify datamode for plugins

- *--help*

  display help on the console

- *---init*

  name of initialization file

- *-keepalive*

  do not terminate if no GGobi windows are open

- *-mysql*

  ignored, see the --datamode option

- *-noinit*

  do not read any initialization files

- *--plugin*

  name of XML file for single plugin

- *--restore\|-restore*

  restore a previously saved GGobi session

- *-s*

  use S (i.e. either GNU R, or S-Plus) as the data mode

- *--silent\|-silent*

  display little or no diagnostic output

- *-validate*

  validate XML datasets during input

- *-v\|-V\|--verbose\|-verbose*

  display verbose diagnostic output on console

- *--version\|-version*

  display version information

- *-xml*

  use XML data format

## SEE ALSO

- *http://www.ggobi.org*

  ## AUTHORS

Deborah F. Swayne \<dfs@research.att.com\>, Dianne Cook \<dicook@iastate.edu\>, Andreas Buja \<andreas@research.att.com\> and  Duncan Temple Lang \<duncan@research.bell-labs.com\>

This manual page was contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel \<edd@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution but  may be used by others.