Please read the COPYING file first. If building from source, also read the INSTALL file (at least through the "SUPER-SHORT VERSION") before going further. Requirements -------------------------------- The following packages *MUST* be installed in order for Gramps to work: Python 2.3 or greater Gnome 2.8 or greater PyGTK2 2.6 or greater Gnome-python 2.6 or greater The following packages are *STRONGLY RECOMMENDED* to be installed: Reportlab Enable creation of PDF documents http://www.reportlab.com GraphViz Enable creation of graphs using GraphViz engine http://www.graphviz.org Documentation --------------------------------- The User Manual is now maintained, built and installed using gnome-doc-utils. Please see the documentation for the gnome-doc-utils package to learn how this works. Current HTML documentation can also be found on the gramps website, http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=User_manual Building on non-Linux systems: i18n support and GNU make -------------------------------------------------------- If make fails, use gmake (the name FreeBSD gives to GNU make) instead. You might need a patch also. FreeBSD has in ports a patch ( /usr/ports/science/gramps/files) you need to apply to po/Makefile.in.in -------------------------------- Donald Allingham dallingham@users.sourceforge.net