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This file contains some useful details on the installation from source code
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for Gramps. It does not cover installation of a pre-built binary package.
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For that use your package manager, the rest is already done by the packager.
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Uninstall old version
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If you do a source install in the same place as an existing install,
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you need to remove the old version first. You can delete the old
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version by deleting the installed directories. For example, if your installation prefix is /usr/local, remove the following:
/usr/local/share/gramps
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/usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages/gramps
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If you installed with a package manager you might instead need to remove
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/usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/dist-packages/gramps
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replacing pythonx.x with the python version you used, e.g. python3.4.
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Also remove any gramps .egg files that are installed along with the gramps
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directory and the file /usr/local/bin/gramps.
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If you don't know the list of all files that Gramps installed, you can
reinstall it with the --record option, and take a look at the list this
produces (so python setup.py install --record grampsfiles.txt
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Gramps is a python application, so loading happens on reading the
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files, meaning that files of a previous version that are no longer
present in the new version can still be loaded, making the new install
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unstable!
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distutils install
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We do not check all dependencies of Gramps, see README for a list of
all required and optional dependencies. Missing dependencies will
result in runtime errors.
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To build and install, whether from a tarball or git repo:
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python setup.py build
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sudo python setup.py install
You can avoid using sudo for the install step by specifying a prefix to which you have write priviledge. The default is /usr/local, which is usually owned by root. You can learn of more options with
python setup.py --help
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One can use gramps from the command line without installing it by
setting the following environment variables, but that won't provide
things like MIME type and desktop entries.
export PYTHONPATH="/top/grampsdir/gramps:$PYTHONPATH"
export GRAMPS_RESOURCES="/top/grampsdir"
See below for ways to invoke Gramps.
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Typical install directories in linux (ubuntu) are:
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* /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/gramps/ : the gramps python module
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* /usr/local/share/mime-info : mime info so gramps opens files automatically
* /usr/local/share/icons/gnome : our icons
* /usr/local/share/doc/gramps : documentation, also example .gramps and .gedcom
* /usr/local/bin : the gramps executable
* /usr/local/share/locale/xx/LC_MESSAGES : xx language code, translation
* /usr/local/share/man/man1/xx/man1 : xx language code, man file
* /usr/local/share/mime
* /usr/local/share/mime-info
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Running Gramps
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Gramps is python only, so no compilation is needed, you can even run gramps
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from the source directory.
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a) You installed Gramps, then you can run it with the command
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gramps
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b) You installed Gramps, and want to start it from the PYTHONPATH. In this
case use the command:
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python -c 'from gramps.grampsapp import main; main()'
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The executable 'gramps' in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin from a) does
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this for you.
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b) You downloaded the Gramps source code to a directory, and want to run it.
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You can start Gramps from the source code directory with
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python Gramps.py
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See gramps/gen/const.py how Gramps finds its resource directories in case
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you encounter problems.
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Custom directory installation
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If you would like to install Gramps without being root, or in an
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alternative location on windows, supply the --root argument to setup.py
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For example:
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python setup.py install --root ~/test
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Packager's issues
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There is a MANIFEST.in file to indicate the work needed.
To create a source distribution run:
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python setup.py sdist
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If Gramps is built outside of the source tree in a temporary location (e.g. when
packaging for a distribution), the --resourcepath option can be used to specify
the path to the installed location of the Gramps resources (e.g. /usr/share):
python setup.py install --resourcepath=/usr/share
