Difference between revisions of "Gramps 4.0 Wiki Manual - User Directory"

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  /home/<~username>/.gramps
 
  /home/<~username>/.gramps
  
This is true for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd BSD], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system) Solaris], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Unix] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X OS-X].
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This is true for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsd BSD], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system) Solaris], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix Unix] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X OS-X] when using [[Installation#Mac_OS_X:Build_from_source|Mac OS X Build from source]].
  
 
On Macs, filenames starting with "." do not show up in Finder. To make access to the Gramps user directory easy, open a terminal window with Finder-Applications-Utilities-Terminal and type there
 
On Macs, filenames starting with "." do not show up in Finder. To make access to the Gramps user directory easy, open a terminal window with Finder-Applications-Utilities-Terminal and type there
 
  ln -s .gramps gramps_user_directory
 
  ln -s .gramps gramps_user_directory
which will allow Finder to show the contents.
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which will allow Finder to show the contents. Or simply click on Go -> 'Go to Folder...' in the Finder, and type
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~/.gramps
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in the Go to Folder dialog box.
  
 
The default location for an installation on a Windows system is  
 
The default location for an installation on a Windows system is  
 
  C:\Documents and Settings\<~username>\Application Data\gramps
 
  C:\Documents and Settings\<~username>\Application Data\gramps
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The default location for the [[Mac OS X:Application package]] is
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/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps
  
 
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Revision as of 16:38, 20 April 2012

The location of your GRAMPS user directory depends on the operating system you are using and how you have set up your computer. In the table below <~username> should be replaced by the name you use to log in to your computer.

The default location for an installation of GRAMPS in a POSIX-style environment is:

/home/<~username>/.gramps

This is true for BSD, Linux, Solaris, Unix and OS-X when using Mac OS X Build from source.

On Macs, filenames starting with "." do not show up in Finder. To make access to the Gramps user directory easy, open a terminal window with Finder-Applications-Utilities-Terminal and type there

ln -s .gramps gramps_user_directory

which will allow Finder to show the contents. Or simply click on Go -> 'Go to Folder...' in the Finder, and type

~/.gramps

in the Go to Folder dialog box.

The default location for an installation on a Windows system is

C:\Documents and Settings\<~username>\Application Data\gramps

The default location for the Mac OS X:Application package is

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/gramps