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GRAMPS Gramps trunk is the newest version of GRAMPSGramps, but it is under development. You can help by trying this version and reporting feedback and bugs. Before embarking on this you should first read this page.

{{man warn|Warning:|A word of caution: trunk is currently considered a ''development version'' and not for use on your real data. You can test trunk on a copy of your data though. See below for more details.}}

You should not ''install'' GRAMPS Gramps trunk as that will overwrite your regular GRAMPSGramps. However, you can download and compile trunk locally, largely without interfering with your regular GRAMPSGramps. Subtle interactions are easy to resolve for developers.

GRAMPS Gramps trunk should only be used on a copy of your Family Tree data! Here is a step-by-step guide to doing this:

# Start your old version of GRAMPSGramps# Export your data using the GRAMPS Gramps Package# Quit your old version of GRAMPSGramps# Start GRAMPS Gramps trunk

# Import the GRAMPS Gramps package from step 2

== Can I run my older version of GRAMPS Gramps with this new version? ==

Please make a note of your Feature Request, or your bug here: http://bugs.gramps-project.org/ This is one of the most important things you can do to help the state of GRAMPSGramps.

== Can I help with GRAMPS Gramps trunk? ==

# Help write documentation on how to use GRAMPS Gramps trunk. See [[User manual|Gramps 3X.3 x User Wiki Manual]]# Help translate GRAMPS Gramps into another language. See [[Portal:Translators|Internationalization]]

# Donate money to GRAMPSGramps. See [[GRAMPS:Site_support|GRAMPS Gramps Support]]

== Installing GRAMPS Gramps Trunk ==

Now that you have read all of the precautions, you are ready to begin exploring GRAMPS Gramps trunk.

* '''Windows systems''': follow the directions at http://www.dancingpaper.com/gramps/?.

The easiest method of getting the beta /trunk version is to download it from http://gramps.svn.sourceforge.net/projectviewvc/gramps/showfilestrunk/ using the link at the bottom of the page called '''[http://gramps.phpsvn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gramps/trunk/?group_idview=25770 under '''Unstabletar Download GNU tarball]'''. This is easy to get and installdownload, but it is probably a few weeks old. If you want to get the freshest code, and you'll will have to do a little more work. See [[Running a development version of Gramps]].

If you are See [[Getting_started_with_Gramps_development#Run_Gramps_from_the_source|running Linux and a variation of Debian (Ubuntu), then you can download Gramps from source]] for details to make the .deb file and install it directlycode work.

tar xfz As stated in '''Installing Gramps trunk''', you can only have a dedicated gramps-2.90mo file on /usr/share/local/xx/.0-beta.tar.gz cd gramps-2.90If you want to have both the trunk and branches version with separate translations, consider using some '''[http://en.0-beta wikipedia.org/configure --prefix=wiki/usr/local make su -c "make install"Comparison_of_platform_virtual_machines Virtual Machines]'''.

You can then run /usr/local/bin/gramps Warning: you will not be able to load translations on /usr/local/share/locale, because you will load /usr/share/locale, which could be translations for stable release (set on gramps.py).You may generate a custom launcher by adding this line: export GRAMPSI18N=/usr/local/share/localeif you want to use an other path, you may add this line: export GRAMPSI18N=@prefix@/share/localeon current gramps.sh.in (source file) before compillation and installation. == running parallel versions of trunk and branches See also == As stated in '''Installing GRAMPS 3''', you can only have a dedicated gramps.mo file on /usr/share/local/xx/.. . If you want to have both the trunk and branches version with separate translations, consider using some '''Virtual Machines'''. At the moment I experiment with this setup:* Ubuntu 7.10: running VirtualBox[[$GRAMPSHOME]]** VM1: Linux Mint : on this machine I build and installed trunk. This means running ./autogen script, make AND do a make install (as root)** VM2: Fedora 8 : on this machine I build and installed branches. This means running ./autogen script, make AND do a make install (as root)[[Installation alternatives]]