diff --git a/README b/README index cd848974e..b9befe088 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -18,31 +18,36 @@ The following packages *MUST* be installed in order for Gramps to work: The following package is needed for full translation of the interface to your language: language-pack-gnome-xx - Translation of GTK elements to your language, with - xx your language code eg for Dutch you need + Translation of GTK elements to your language, with + xx your language code; e.g. for Dutch you need language-pack-gnome-nl. The translation of the Gramps strings is included with the source code. The following packages are *STRONGLY RECOMMENDED* to be installed: + osmgpsmap Used to show maps in the geography view. Without this the GeoView will not be active, see http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_4.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Geography_Category The package is named osmgpsmap, osm-gps-map - or python-osmgpsmap. Or obtain it from: http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/ + or python-osmgpsmap. + Or obtain it from: http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/ + GraphViz Enable creation of graphs using GraphViz engine. Without this no beautiful graphs can be created. Obtain it from: http://www.graphviz.org + PyICU Improves localised sorting in Gramps. In particular, this - applies to sorting in the various views and in the Narrative - Web output. It is particularly helpful for non-Latin - characters, for non-English locales and on MS Windows and - Mac OS X platforms. If it is not available, sorting is done - through built-in libraries. PyICU is fairly widely available - through the package managers of distributions. The home page - is http://pyicu.osafoundation.org/ + applies to sorting in the various views and in the + Narrative Web output. It is particularly helpful for + non-Latin characters, for non-English locales and on MS + Windows and Mac OS X platforms. If it is not available, + sorting is done through built-in libraries. PyICU is + fairly widely available through the package managers of + distributions. See http://pyicu.osafoundation.org/ The following packages are optional + gtkspell Enable spell checking in the notes. Gtkspell depends on enchant. A version of gtkspell with gobject introspection is needed, so minimally version 3.0.0 @@ -53,8 +58,8 @@ The following packages are optional Only rcs is needed, NO python bindings are required PIL Python Image Library is needed to crop - images and also to convert non jpg images to - jpg so as to include them in LaTeX output. + images and also to convert non-JPG images to + JPG so as to include them in LaTeX output. GExiv2 Enables Gramps to manage Exif metadata embedded in your media. Gramps needs version 0.5 or greater. @@ -63,9 +68,10 @@ The following packages are optional ttf-freefont More font support in the reports gir-webkit GObject introspection data of WebKit is required for the - hidden view 'Htmlview', which allows websites to be opened in - Gramps. Users can unhide the view in the plugin manager. - A html renderer must be installed to use the view. + hidden view 'Htmlview', which allows websites to be + opened in Gramps. Users can unhide the view in the + plugin manager. A html renderer must be installed to + use the view. !! PACKAGERS, Test if on your distribution webkit and Gramps is stable. If you obtain crashes, patch src/plugins/view/htmlrenderer.py and @@ -73,10 +79,10 @@ The following packages are optional from gi.repository import WebKit as webkit goocanvas2: - Required for the Graphview plugin + Required for the (optional) Graphview plugin No longer needed in 4.0: - pygoocanvas, pygtk + pygoocanvas, pygtk, pyexiv2 No longer needed in 3.3: python-enchant Enchant No longer needed in 3.2: