Cyclone-Team/gramps
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update INSTALL file

Browse Source 
1. Python version -> 3.5,
2. python -> Python,
3. gramps -> Gramps,
4. Reorder directories, delete duplicate,
5. Small fix.
This commit is contained in:
Stanislav 2021-05-30 14:54:53 +03:00 committed by Nick Hall
parent f16c0b41cc
commit 2516ae011e
1 changed files with 17 additions and 18 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

31
INSTALL
View File

@ -9,30 +9,30 @@ you need to remove the old version first. You can delete the old
version by deleting the installed directories. For example, if your installation prefix is /usr/local, remove the following:
/usr/local/share/gramps
/usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/site-packages/gramps
If you installed with a package manager you might instead need to remove
/usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/dist-packages/gramps
replacing pythonx.x with the python version you used, e.g. python3.4.
Also remove any gramps .egg files that are installed along with the gramps
replacing pythonx.x with the Python version you used, e.g. python3.5.
Also remove any gramps .egg files that are installed along with the Gramps
directory and the file /usr/local/bin/gramps.
If you don't know the list of all files that Gramps installed, you can
reinstall it with the --record option, and take a look at the list this
produces (so python setup.py install --record grampsfiles.txt
Gramps is a python application, so loading happens on reading the
Gramps is a Python application, so loading happens on reading the
files, meaning that files of a previous version that are no longer
present in the new version can still be loaded, making the new install
unstable!
distutils install
Distutils install
-----------------
We do not check all dependencies of Gramps, see README for a list of
all required and optional dependencies. Missing dependencies will
result in runtime errors.
To install all needed dependences you can use (in Ubuntu):
To install all needed dependencies you can use (in Ubuntu):
sudo apt-get build-dep gramps
To build and install, whether from a tarball or git repo:
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ To build and install, whether from a tarball or git repo:
You can avoid using sudo for the install step by specifying a prefix to which you have write priviledge. The default is /usr/local, which is usually owned by root. You can learn of more options with
python3 setup.py --help
One can use gramps from the command line without installing it by
One can use Gramps from the command line without installing it by
setting the following environment variables, but that won't provide
things like MIME type and desktop entries.
@ -52,19 +52,18 @@ things like MIME type and desktop entries.
See below for ways to invoke Gramps.
Typical install directories in linux (Ubuntu) are:
* /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/gramps/ : the gramps python module
* /usr/local/share/mime-info : mime info so gramps opens files automatically
* /usr/local/share/icons/gnome : our icons
* /usr/local/bin : the Gramps executable
* /usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/gramps/ : the Gramps python module
* /usr/local/share/doc/gramps : documentation, also example .gramps and .gedcom
* /usr/local/bin : the gramps executable
* /usr/local/share/icons/gnome : our icons
* /usr/local/share/locale/xx/LC_MESSAGES : xx language code, translation
* /usr/local/share/man/man1/xx/man1 : xx language code, man file
* /usr/local/share/man/xx/man1 : xx language code, man file
* /usr/local/share/mime
* /usr/local/share/mime-info
* /usr/local/share/mime-info : mime info so Gramps opens files automatically
Running Gramps
--------------
Gramps is python only, so no compilation is needed, you can even run gramps
Gramps is Python only, so no compilation is needed, you can even run Gramps
from the source directory.
a) You installed Gramps, then you can run it with the command
@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ from the source directory.
The executable 'gramps' in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin from a) does
this for you.
b) You downloaded the Gramps source code to a directory, and want to run it.
c) You downloaded the Gramps source code to a directory, and want to run it.
You can start Gramps from the source code directory with
python3 Gramps.py
@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ from the source directory.
Custom directory installation
-------------------------------------
If you would like to install Gramps without being root, or in an
alternative location on windows, supply the --root argument to setup.py
alternative location on Windows, supply the --root argument to setup.py
For example:
python3 setup.py install --root ~/test