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Please read the COPYING file first.
Please read the INSTALL file if you intend to build from source.
Requirements
The following packages MUST be installed in order for Gramps to work: Python 3.2 or greater GTK 3.10 or greater pygobject 3.12 or greater cairo, pango, pangocairo with introspection bindings (the gi packages) librsvg2 (svg icon view) xdg-utils bsddb3
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; e.g. for Dutch you need language-pack-gnome-nl. The translation of the Gramps strings is included with the gramps source.
The following packages are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to be installed:
osmgpsmap Used to show maps in the geography view. It may be osmgpsmap, osm-gps-map, or python-osmgpsmap, but the Python bindings for this must also be present. Without this the GeoView will not be active, see https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Geography_Category
Graphviz Enable creation of graphs using Graphviz engine. Without this, three reports cannot be run. 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. See http://pyicu.osafoundation.org/ (These are Python bindings for the ICU package. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyICU/)
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
rcs The GNU Revision Control System (RCS) can be used to manage multiple revisions of your family trees. See info at https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_4.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Archiving_a_Family_Tree 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. (For Python3 a different source may be needed, python-imaging or python-pillow or python3-pillow)
GExiv2 Enables Gramps to manage Exif metadata embedded in your media. Gramps needs version 0.5 or greater. See http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GEPS_029:_GTK3-GObject_introspection_Conversion#GExiv2_for_Image_metadata
ttf-freefont More font support in the reports
goocanvas2 Required for the (user-downloadable) GraphView plugin
No longer needed in 4.2: gir-webkit No longer needed in 4.0: pygoocanvas, pygtk, pyexiv2 No longer needed in 3.3: python-enchant Enchant No longer needed in 3.2: python glade bindings No longer needed in 3.1: yelp Gnome help browser. No offline help is shipped see Gramps website for User manual
Documentation
The User Manual is maintained on the Gramps website, http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=User_manual
The Gramps Project http://gramps-project.org