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Many problems reported with GRAMPS turn out to be the consequence of installing a new version of GRAMPS "on top" of an older installed version (this is particularly important when installing from source). Such an install can lead to problems both in Windows and Linux. If you have done that and are experiencing problems, it might help uninstalling and installing again.
 
  
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==Gramps gives strange errors after new install or upgrade==
You have <u>GraphViz package installed</u> but you cannot use all availables output formats into GRAMPS' reports based on GraphViz, because generated files are missing or not very nice. Maybe your GraphViz package or version ignored some dependancies, which could be useful, like : [http://www.unifont.org/lasi/ LASi] [http://gts.sourceforge.net/ GTS], [http://openil.sourceforge.net/ DevIL], etc ...
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Many problems reported with Gramps turn out to be the consequence of installing a new version of Gramps "on top" of an older installed version (this is particularly important when installing from source). Such an install can lead to problems both in Windows and Linux. If you have done that and are experiencing problems, it might help uninstalling and installing again.
Using the [http://www.graphviz.org/Download.php last available GraphViz package] for your distribution may often fix some issues.
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==Gramps only properly generates .gv output format on GraphViz based reports==
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You have [[Output_formats#Graphviz|GraphViz]] package installed but after upgrading, you cannot use all available output formats for Gramps' reports based on GraphViz (because generated files are missing) or perhaps the quality of generated files is not very nice.  
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Reinstalling with the most recently available [[Output_formats#Graphviz|GraphViz]] package for your distribution may often fix some issues.
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Also, PDF (GraphViz) or PostScript issues could be related to your [http://cairographics.org/ cairo library] (or python-cairo).
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=See also=
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* [[Known issues]]
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* [[Common problems]]
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* [[Gramps and Windows]]
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* [[Font troubleshooting]]
  
 
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Gramps gives strange errors after new install or upgrade

Many problems reported with Gramps turn out to be the consequence of installing a new version of Gramps "on top" of an older installed version (this is particularly important when installing from source). Such an install can lead to problems both in Windows and Linux. If you have done that and are experiencing problems, it might help uninstalling and installing again.

Gramps only properly generates .gv output format on GraphViz based reports

You have GraphViz package installed but after upgrading, you cannot use all available output formats for Gramps' reports based on GraphViz (because generated files are missing) or perhaps the quality of generated files is not very nice.

Reinstalling with the most recently available GraphViz package for your distribution may often fix some issues.

Also, PDF (GraphViz) or PostScript issues could be related to your cairo library (or python-cairo).


See also