More INSTALL clarifications.

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John Ralls 2015-02-06 14:29:11 -08:00
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@ -39,9 +39,14 @@ To build and install, whether from a tarball or git repo:
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
You can work with Gramps if you only build it by pointing the
PYTHONPATH to the build directory, but things like MIME type and
desktop entries will not be created then.
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.
Typical install directories in linux (ubuntu) are:
* /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gramps/ : the gramps python module
@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ from the source directory.
python Gramps.py
See gramps/gen/const.py how Gramps finds his resource directories in case
See gramps/gen/const.py how Gramps finds its resource directories in case
you encounter problems.
Custom directory installation