BSD platforms

Package Managers for BSD distributions

The most current BSD package is the 5.2.1 version. If your distribution is running behind, you might want to contact the manager and make them aware of where there are more current BSD packages.

Below are ways to install Gramps on some of the more popular distributions:

Distribution	GUI Package manager	Current versions	Notes
NetBSD	pkgsrc (databases)	NetBSD: Gramps 5.1.6nb1	available 5.x.x versions
FreeBSD	ports.freebsd.org	FreeBSD: Gramps 5.2.0	available versions
FreeBSD	ports.freebsd.org	FreshPorts: Gramps 5.2.0 and 5.1.6-1	available versions
OpenBSD	OpenBSD.app	OpenBSD: Gramps 5.1.6	available versions openports.se closed on 30 Jan 2023

Automatic installation

• Install from openports.se/misc/gramps from the OpenBSD package collection (Recommended)

Or

• Install from netbsd.org from the NetBSD package collection

Or

• Install from freebsd ports

Or

• FreshPorts

To install the port: cd /usr/ports/science/gramps/ && make install clean
To add the package: pkg_add -r gramps

Manual installation

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Installing Gramps on FreeBSD, openBSD, etc. First make sure the following packages are installed:

• py24-gnome
• py24-gnome-extras
• automake19
• gnomecommon
• autoconf259
• gnu-automake
• gnu-libtool
• gmake

Then do the following:

• Download and extract the source code:

$ gunzip gramps-3.2.6.tar.gz
$ tar xvf gramps-3.2.6.tar

• Configure the source code to use

  /usr/X11R6

  for its path, since that is where FreeBSD likes to put gtk/gnome stuff:

$ cd gramps-3.2.6
$ export PATH=/usr/local/gnu-autotools/bin:$PATH
$ export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/local/gnu-autotools/share/aclocal
         -I. -I /usr/local/share/aclocal -I /usr/X11R6/share/aclocal"
$ ./autogen.sh
$ gmake
$ gmake install

This will compile and install Gramps correctly.

See also

Installing Gramps for Desktops

Installation instructions specific to the different OSes are on the , , and pages.