How to get GRAMPS (Ver 0.8.1) Working on Lindows
(Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System)
http://gramps.sourceforge.net

• I suggest that you do apt-get upgrade in a terminal sesion first to get the latest Debian programs.
• Go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=25770 .
• Download gramps-0.8.1.tar.gz (1.491 Gb) (On the next page pick a download site.) Choose Open using ark. Extract all files to a directory. Under that directory a gramps-0.8.1 directory will be created with the files in it.
• Use Click-n-Run or apt-get in a terminal session to install the following: G++2.95, Python2.2, python-gnome, python-xml, python-glade, scrollkeeper, make .
• Try CnR first; if the needed program is not there use apt-get install <progname> in a terminal session.
• There may be some other programs you will have to install with apt-get. You will be told if a program is missing when you run the commands below.
• Edit the configure file in the gramps-0.8.1 directory as follows: Change line 1624 to put a # in front of "sv to comment it out. (This line is for different languages, but apparently the files needed to install them are not available in the download.)
• Now, in a terminal session, move to the gramps-0.8.1 directory and type ./configure . You may see an error gnome-config: command not found, but it does not stop configure from working.
• Then type make .
• Then type make install .
• Then, to run GRAMPS, type gramps .
• You may want to create a desktop icon for gramps: The program is stored in the /usr/local/bin directory. Go to that directory in file manager and drag the gramps program to the desktop and chose Link Here .
• The manual for GRAMPS is in the doc directory under the gramps-0.8.1 directory or at http://gramps.sourceforge.net/gramps-manual/t1.html .
• There are some problems in creating reports in GRAMPS.
• I was helped in doing this by J. D. Ross.

L. David Roper (roperld@vt.edu) http://www.roperld.com