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4.3 KiB
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112 lines
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$Id$
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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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---------------------
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If you do a source install in the same place of 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:
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* deleting the installed directories (for example,
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/usr/share/gramps)
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* OR by running "make uninstall" from the old directory where you
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ran "make install" (not the new GRAMPS directory)
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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
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present in the new version can still be loaded, making the new install
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unstable.
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Configure vs autogen scripts
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----------------------------
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If you are building from released tarball, you should be able to just
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run "./configure && make". However, if you're building from the SVN,
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the configure is not present. You should auto-generate it by
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running ./autogen.sh and then "make" and, finally, "make install".
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Running ./autogen.sh on this branch of gramps requires the following
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packages to be installed:
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* autoconf >=2.53
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* automake >=1.9
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* intltool >=0.25
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* glib-gettext >=2.2.0, included in libglib2.0-dev (may be called
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differently on other distros) and maybe something else. If autogen.sh
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fails, it should inform you what's missing.
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Custom directory installation
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-------------------------------------
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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 --prefix argument to autogen
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or configure.
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For example:
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./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/my_gramps_path
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or
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./autogen.sh --prefix=/cygdrive/c/Projects/gramps
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Regular vs local installation
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This version of gramps REQUIRES, among other things, the mime types for
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gramps be properly installed.
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The usual ./configure, make, and make install as a root should do the trick.
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But be careful if you're using the non-default options or would like
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to install without being root.
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The latter is possible, but you should supply additional arguments to
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autogen or configure:
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--with-mime-dir=$HOME/.local/share/mime
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Most likely, such local install will also need some prefix with write
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permissions for you:
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--prefix=$HOME/my_gramps_path
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Whether you're doing local install or regular install, YOU MUST INSTALL
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MIME TYPES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Installing under non-default prefix
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-----------------------------------
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As hinted above, mime types for gramps MUST be properly installed.
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The "proper install" means installing them where the shared mime system
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will find them.
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By default, the shared mime systems will look in these places:
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1. /usr/share/mime
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2. /usr/local/share/mime : this may be broken on some systems
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3. $HOME/.local/share/mime : this is a per-user setup, not system-wide
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There's a number of ways to instruct the shared mime system
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to look in other places, but this is the whole other story.
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So if you install some place other than /usr/share, you will most
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likely need to add this option to autogen.sh/configure scripts:
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--with-mime-dir=/usr/share/mime
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Using the --prefix=/usr/share and installing as a root will most
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likely do everything correctly, so no extra care needs to be
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taken. You should take extra care only if you are installing under
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something like --prefix=/usr/local/my_gramps, /var/gramps123/blah, etc.
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Packager's issues
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------------------
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The above mime types must be installed. However, the
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update-mime-database call to process the newly installed types and
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schemas must be done in POST-INSTALLATION.
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In packager's world, the install happens on packager's machine
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into something like /tmp/gramps-tmp. However, the postinstall
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should happen on the user's machine.
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To assist with that, there's an argument available in configure
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(or autogen, which will pass it to configure) which disables
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mime type processing:
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--enable-packager-mode
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This argument should disable postinstall calls made during
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make install, and print a nasty warning during configure.
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IT IS PACKAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY to follow the advice given
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by the configure output and to copy the appropriate code
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from the data/Makefile.am into the post-install (and post-uninstall)
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of the particular packaging system.
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