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[[Category:Developers/Packaging]]
There are three different ways of installing Gramps on Mac OS X. The two linked pages provide step by step instructions.
 
=== Native Mac OS X ===
You can install it as a [[native Mac OS X]] application which means that Gramps windows have the normal appearance of Macintosh Windows. This choice has fewer dependencies on installing other components. However, it has the disadvantage that drag and drop does not work, and there are issues with mouse clicks going missing, which make it much more difficult to enter information like sources which apply to many different people in your family tree. This is also in some ways a less mainstream approach so it may be harder to find help if you get into difficulties.
 
=== Mac OS X / X11 ===
==== Fink ====
Installing Gramps as an X11 application is achieved by downloading and installing the packages on which Gramps depends using some software called fink. The process is a bit longwinded, but most of the features of Gramps work, and drag and drop and mouse clicks work very well. If you choose this route, you may be able to get some help both from the Gramps community and the fink community. Detailed instructions can be found here: [[Mac OS X X11]].
==== MacPorts ====
MacPorts is essentially a similar type of program to fink. However, it was created (I believe) specifically for the darwin operating system base, upon which Mac OS X is based.
 
One user (tkott) has gone through the process of installing Gramps through MacPorts and will be updating this section with his installation notes soon.
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