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Patsyblefebre: /* Installation */ Gramps XML

2013-02-11T08:32:25Z

‎Installation: Gramps XML

Patsyblefebre: Gramps XML

2013-02-11T08:31:33Z

Gramps XML

Peterhewett: /* Additional plugins */ clarify wording

2013-01-28T07:49:13Z

‎Additional plugins: clarify wording

Patsyblefebre: Gramps

2013-01-21T02:31:18Z

Gramps

Romjerome: /* Dependencies - The easy way */

2012-05-30T15:58:00Z

‎Dependencies - The easy way

Romjerome: /* Dependencies - The easy way */

2012-05-30T15:57:11Z

‎Dependencies - The easy way

Lcc: /* Installation */

2012-01-14T17:16:14Z

‎Installation

Gioto: update interwiki

2011-10-08T01:01:01Z

update interwiki

PaulFranklin2: /* Installation */

2011-08-03T18:06:13Z

‎Installation

PaulFranklin2: /* Limitations */

2011-08-03T18:03:45Z

‎Limitations

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 The essential dependencies that Gramps requires to run are:
-* Python 2.6.x or later (Gramps has not yet been ported to Python 3.x)
+* Python 2.6.x or later (Gramps trunk has been ported to Python 3.x and has different dependancies)
 * GTK runtime
 * GTK python bindings (PyGTK, PyGObject, PyCairo)

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 We do suggest the following:
-* Work with ''a copy'' of your main database and keep regular backups in the [[GRAMPS_XML|GRAMPS XML]] format.
+* Work with ''a copy'' of your main database and keep regular backups in the [[Gramps XML]] format.
 * Join the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users Gramps Users mailing list] to share your experiences, especially if you are a developer able to contribute to a Windows port.
 * See also [[Gramps and Windows]] for a collection of hints to run Gramps on MS Windows.

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 There are some features of Gramps that need additional programs to work. There are several different kinds of reports, and the following features need extra configuration to work on Windows.
-* The Relationship Graph reports (both graphical report and code generator) need an installation of [http://www.graphviz.org  Graphviz]. There is a bug in the current stable release, see this [[Howto:_Make_a_relationship_chart#Example_3.2C_Generating_the_graph_by_using_the_Graphviz_command_line_tool |example]].
+* The Relationship Graph reports (both graph and code output formats) need an installation of [http://www.graphviz.org  Graphviz]. There is a bug in the current stable release, see this [[Howto:_Make_a_relationship_chart#Example_3.2C_Generating_the_graph_by_using_the_Graphviz_command_line_tool |example]].
 * The Relationship Graph can not use PDF as output format unless there is an installation of [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ ghostscript]. After installation, if gswin32.exe or gswin32c.exe is in the path, PDF should appear as one of the formats in the graphical Relationship Graph report.
 * '''Spell-checking:'''

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 * Work with ''a copy'' of your main database and keep regular backups in the [[GRAMPS_XML|GRAMPS XML]] format.
-* Join the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users GRAMPS Users mailing list] to share your experiences, especially if you are a developer able to contribute to a Windows port.
+* Join the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users Gramps Users mailing list] to share your experiences, especially if you are a developer able to contribute to a Windows port.
-* See also [[GRAMPS and Windows]] for a collection of hints to run GRAMPS on MS Windows.
+* See also [[Gramps and Windows]] for a collection of hints to run Gramps on MS Windows.
 * Report any issues you find to help make Gramps better.
 ==Installation==
-These instructions are specific to the GRAMPS (minimal) installer, which requires you to independently install GRAMPS dependencies prior to installing GRAMPS.  Please ignore these instructions if you are using either the GRAMPS AIO installer or Portable GRAMPS application.
+These instructions are specific to the Gramps (minimal) installer, which requires you to independently install Gramps dependencies prior to installing Gramps.  Please ignore these instructions if you are using either the Gramps AIO installer or Portable Gramps application.
-(The GRAMPS AIO ("all-in-one") installer contains all the dependencies GRAMPS needs and many people find it much easier to install GRAMPS that way.  See [[All In One Gramps Software Bundle for Windows|GrampsAIO]] for more information.)
+(The Gramps AIO ("all-in-one") installer contains all the dependencies Gramps needs and many people find it much easier to install Gramps that way.  See [[All In One Gramps Software Bundle for Windows|GrampsAIO]] for more information.)
-When you need to install the dependencies for GRAMPS there is the easy way and the hard way. You would only use the hard way if you have specific requirements ( such as specific versions ) that are not covered by the easy way.
+When you need to install the dependencies for Gramps there is the easy way and the hard way. You would only use the hard way if you have specific requirements ( such as specific versions ) that are not covered by the easy way.
-The essential dependencies that GRAMPS requires to run are:
+The essential dependencies that Gramps requires to run are:
-* Python 2.6.x or later (GRAMPS has not yet been ported to Python 3.x)
+* Python 2.6.x or later (Gramps has not yet been ported to Python 3.x)
 * GTK runtime
 * GTK python bindings (PyGTK, PyGObject, PyCairo)
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 |}
-'''3.''' Install GRAMPS for Windows. You can download the most recent stable version from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ SourceForge].
+'''3.''' Install Gramps for Windows. You can download the most recent stable version from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ SourceForge].
 === Dependencies - The hard way ===
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 The following recommendations are for the validation
 of the proper installation of the above listed
-GRAMPS software prerequisites.
+Gramps software prerequisites.
 After installing the items above on a VISTA 64 bit
-Ultimate System; GRAMPS could not locate any of
+Ultimate System; Gramps could not locate any of
 the above software except for Python.  This caused
-the installer to not install GRAMPS.
+the installer to not install Gramps.
 After some time researching the issue I found
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    The above items should complete without errors.
 .   If you are updating from a prevous GTK version, make sure you have "Graphviz" folder path AFTER the "GTK2 runtime 2.16" folder.
-It should look like this (in this order) PATH=... C:\Program files\GTK2 Runtime\bin;C:\Program files\Graphviz2.26\bin;C:\Program files\GS\GS8.64\bin. If "Graphviz" is located before "GTK2 Runtime 2.16" in the PATH folder order GRAMPS will not start.
+It should look like this (in this order) PATH=... C:\Program files\GTK2 Runtime\bin;C:\Program files\Graphviz2.26\bin;C:\Program files\GS\GS8.64\bin. If "Graphviz" is located before "GTK2 Runtime 2.16" in the PATH folder order Gramps will not start.
-.   Reboot your computer.  After reboot run GRAMPS install.
+.   Reboot your computer.  After reboot run Gramps install.
 |-
 |<!--Order-->Optional
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 * pygtk 2.10.6 => [http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/pygtk/2.10/pygtk-2.10.6-1.win32-py2.5.exe pygtk-2.10.6-1.win32-py2.5.exe] (1.8 MB, from [http://www.acc.umu.se www.acc.umu.se])
-'''3.''' Re-boot the computer after installing the above dependencies, prior to installing GRAMPS.
+'''3.''' Re-boot the computer after installing the above dependencies, prior to installing Gramps.
-'''4.''' Install GRAMPS for Windows. You can download the most recent stable version from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ SourceForge].
+'''4.''' Install Gramps for Windows. You can download the most recent stable version from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/ SourceForge].
 ==Common problems==
 ===Installer complains pygtk is missing===
-This is a very common error to see when all dependencies are not installed or installed correctly. Please make sure that each of the packages required have installed correctly, and re-boot the computer prior to running the GRAMPS installer. We often see users attempting to use other packages to satisfy these requirements that omit something necessary (e.g., glade) which produce this error.
+This is a very common error to see when all dependencies are not installed or installed correctly. Please make sure that each of the packages required have installed correctly, and re-boot the computer prior to running the Gramps installer. We often see users attempting to use other packages to satisfy these requirements that omit something necessary (e.g., glade) which produce this error.
 In rare occasions, the installer will complain that pygtk is not installed even though everything is correct. Canceling and re-running the installer seems to fix this problem, although if it happens repeatedly, the error is the more severe situation discussed above. (Anyone know why? Please tell us on the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-windows gramps-windows email list].)
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 ===Hang when started===
-In some environments GRAMPS may be unresponsive after displaying its window after being started, particularly after the first time.  This can be worked around by running GRAMPS via a BAT file which first sets GRAMPSHOME to an accessible directory, as discussed on the [[GRAMPS_and_Windows#Setting_the_configuration_path|''GRAMPS and Windows'' page]].
+In some environments Gramps may be unresponsive after displaying its window after being started, particularly after the first time.  This can be worked around by running Gramps via a BAT file which first sets GRAMPSHOME to an accessible directory, as discussed on the [[Gramps_and_Windows#Setting_the_configuration_path|''Gramps and Windows'' page]].
 ==Additional plugins==
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 ==Limitations==
-When this minimal Windows installer was first written, there was no intent to package all the dependencies and the GRAMPS package into one installer. It is very complex to coordinate dependencies between GRAMPS and these other projects. It also means a single 30+ MB download every version change. However, later such a package was created and many people find it easier than personally installing all the dependencies; see [[All In One Gramps Software Bundle for Windows| GrampsAIO]] for more information.
+When this minimal Windows installer was first written, there was no intent to package all the dependencies and the Gramps package into one installer. It is very complex to coordinate dependencies between Gramps and these other projects. It also means a single 30+ MB download every version change. However, later such a package was created and many people find it easier than personally installing all the dependencies; see [[All In One Gramps Software Bundle for Windows| GrampsAIO]] for more information.
 There have been discussions about trying to install compiled distillations (dynamic link libraries) of these core dependencies to avoid having to install the entire Python and GTK environment, but this work never progressed beyond discussion. For more about this and other Windows issues, see the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-windows email list] archive.
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 == See also ==
-* [[GRAMPS and Windows]] describes users experiences using GRAMPS on Windows.
+* [[Gramps and Windows]] describes users experiences using Gramps on Windows.
-* [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users GRAMPS users mailing list]
+* [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users Gramps users mailing list]
 [[Category:Documentation]][[Category:Developers/Packaging]]

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 |-
 |<!--Order-->1
-|<!--Package Name-->Python 2.6.8
+|<!--Package Name-->Python 2.6.6
 or later
-|<!--Download-->[http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.8/python-2.6.8.msi python-2.6.8.msi]
+|<!--Download-->[http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.6/python-2.6.6.msi python-2.6.6.msi]
 |<!--Size-->11 MB
 |<!--From-->[http://www.python.org python.org]

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 These instructions are specific to the GRAMPS (minimal) installer, which requires you to independently install GRAMPS dependencies prior to installing GRAMPS.  Please ignore these instructions if you are using either the GRAMPS AIO installer or Portable GRAMPS application.
-(The GRAMPS AIO ("all-in-one") installer contains all the dependencies GRAMPS needs and many people find it much easier to install GRAMPS that way.  See [[Gramps Software Bundle for Windows]] for more information.)
+(The GRAMPS AIO ("all-in-one") installer contains all the dependencies GRAMPS needs and many people find it much easier to install GRAMPS that way.  See [[Gramps Software Bundle for Windows|GrampsAIO]] for more information.)
 When you need to install the dependencies for GRAMPS there is the easy way and the hard way. You would only use the hard way if you have specific requirements ( such as specific versions ) that are not covered by the easy way.