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README
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$Id$
Please read the COPYING file first.
If building from source, also read the INSTALL file (at least through the
"SUPER-SHORT VERSION") before going further.
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Python 2.7 or greater, Python 3.2 or greater (or both python versions)
GTK 3.0 or greater
pygobject 3.3.2 or greater
cairo, pango, pangocairo with instrospection bindings (the gi packages)
cairo, pango, pangocairo with introspection bindings (the gi packages)
librsvg2 (svg icon view)
xdg-utils
bsddb3 is required for Python 3.3 (not python 2.7)
bsddb3 is required for Python 3.2 (not python 2.7)
The following package is needed for full translation of the interface
to your language:
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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 source code.
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
http://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gramps_4.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Geography_Category
The package is named osmgpsmap, osm-gps-map
or python-osmgpsmap.
Or obtain it from: http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/
!! PACKAGERS: unfortunately, at the moment (March 2013),
the patches which gramps 4.0 needs osm-gps-map to have
are not yet released (as a new osm-gps-map version). The
osm-gps-map sources must be dated 6 February 2013 (or
later) to have the necessary patches. You may obtain
it from: http://nzjrs.github.com/osm-gps-map/ or else
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Dependencies
(The necessary version seems to be 0.8 -- or later.)
GraphViz Enable creation of graphs using GraphViz engine.
Without this no beautiful graphs can be created.
Without this, three reports cannot be run.
Obtain it from: http://www.graphviz.org
PyICU Improves localised sorting in Gramps. In particular, this
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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.)
The following packages are optional
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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.)
GExiv2 Enables Gramps to manage Exif metadata embedded in your
media. Gramps needs version 0.5 or greater.
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from gi.repository import WebKit as webkit
goocanvas2:
Required for the (optional) Graphview plugin
Required for the (user-downloadable) Graphview plugin
No longer needed in 4.0:
pygoocanvas, pygtk, pyexiv2

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"UNSTABLE Gramps 4.0.0 Alpha1 release.
$Id$
This is a technology preview to allow plugin writers and packagers-installer
writers to update their plugins and scripts. This release is not production
ready, so use for testing!"
UNSTABLE Gramps 4.0.0 Beta2 release.
It is recommended to use Gramps 4.0.0 with python 3.2 so as to be ready
for the future (python 2.7 works though).
This is a technology preview to allow distribution packagers (and plugin
writers) to update their scripts (and plugins). This release is not
production ready, so only use it for testing!
It is recommended that Gramps 4.0.0 be used with python 2.7 since many
dependent packages do not yet have python 3 versions. A determined person
can probably download their sources and build them, however.
The dependencies for Gramps 4.0.0 are _completely_ different than 3.4 due
to the switch to GObject introspection, and the removal of autotools. So