Gramps 5.2 Wiki Manual - User Directory

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This appendix provides the reference for finding the location of the Gramps User Directory. The folder/directory is stored at different locations due to the requirements of Gramps forks for various operating systems or special purposes.

The location of your Gramps user directory can depend on the operating system you are using and how you have logged into your computer. Where <~username> or %username% is shown below it should be replaced by the name you use to log in to your computer.

POSIX - style systems

The default user directory location for Gramps in a POSIX-style environment is:

/HOME/<username>/.gramps

which can also be entered as

<~username>/.gramps

This is true for BSD, Linux, Solaris, Unix and Mac OS-X when using Mac OS X Build from source.

Alternately, you can leverage the $HOME Home directory equivalent to avoid dealing the complications of active user names. Although Gramps will not recognize directory equivalents for paths internally, you can use them within Linux to find Gramps user files. The Gramps user directory path above is simplified to either:

$HOME/.gramps

or

~/.gramps

Or if using MS Windows the following syntax is used

$HOME\.gramps

or

~\.gramps

macOS

On Apple Macs filenames starting with "." do not show up in Finder. To simplify access to the Gramps user directory, open a terminal window using the Terminal application and type:

ln -s ~/.gramps ~/Documents/Gramps

which will make Finder show the directory as a folder in your Documents folder named "Gramps". (You can replace "Gramps" with whatever name you wish, but use a / before any spaces.) Alternatively you can simply click on Go -> 'Go to Folder...' in the Finder, and type

~/.gramps

in the resulting macOS Go to the Folder dialog box.

macOS Application Package

The Mac OS X:Application package uses a different, more macOS-standard default location for the directory:

/Users/<~username>/Library/Application Support/gramps

MS Windows

On Microsoft Windows, filenames and folder for programs and userdata are hidden in the File Explorer. To make access to the Gramps user directory easy follow the following advice from Microsoft:

• Show hidden files - Windows Help

The default User Directory location for any Gramps user data on a Windows 7 (and newer) system is

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\gramps

The %username% in the above filepath is a placeholder for the particular user name chosen when logging into Windows.

Alternately, you can leverage the %LocalAppData% environment variable to avoid dealing the complications of active user names. (We've chosen to use the username Environment Variable in the documentation for Windows rather than <~username> used for documenting other OSes.) Although Gramps will not recognize Environment Variables for paths internally, you can use them within Windows to find Gramps user files. The Gramps user directory path above is simplified to:

%LocalAppData%\gramps

User Directory relocated — ⚡new for version 5.2.0 The User Directory has relocated in version 5.2 The default User Directory location for the 5.2 version of Gramps user data on a Windows 7 (and newer) system is:   C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\gramps   %LocalAppData%\gramps The default User Directory location for any 5.1.x and earlier version of Gramps user data on a Windows 7 (and newer) system is:   C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\gramps   %AppData%\gramps

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Like the User Directory, the location for programs/applications is also hidden from browsing with Windows Explorer.

The default location for an installation on a Windows 7 (and newer) system is

C:\Program Files\GrampsAIO64-5.X.X

See Also

• Command Line Configuration (config) option with Environment Variables
• Switching from Breadcrumbs to a location text box using Crtl+L in GTK file dialogs
• Discourse forum threads :
  • how to use Environment Variables in Gramps
  • Using Python Eval gramplet to list the Plugins folder path
  • Troubleshooting Gramps paths and environmental variables with the Python Evaluation gramplet

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