Help on building gramps from source

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I am trying to install gramps from a git repository.
Here is what I did:

I cloned the branch maintenance/gramps52 into a local repository using git clone --single-branch --branch maintenance/gramps52 https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps.git

I cd to the repository

Then run python3 setup.py build

And got this message:

running build
error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'msgfmt'

I think the error occurs when creating the mo file for arabic, as in the “build/mo” folder there is only an “ar” folder.

Am I doing something wrong?

gramps: 5.2.1-e9b8026ae
o.s.: linux
kernel: 6.5.0-17-generic

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Did you read the contents of the INSTALL file?

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You need to install the gettext package. It is required by the intltool package which is listed in our build dependencies.

If you want v5.2.0 then checkout that tag:

git checkout v5.2.0

Otherwise you will get the wrong version number and possibly other changes made since the release. (There are none at the moment.)

Then you can build with:

python setup.py build

Finall install with:

sudo python setup.py install --root=/

The --root=/ is needed to prevent Gramps being installed as a Python egg.

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As far as I can see the user has the right branch, because he cloned just that.

And I can also see that he’s running Ubuntu 20.04.

And for that, we have instructions in the INSTALL file that mention a single command that can download all the dependencies for him. That´s why I mentioned that file, and did not spell it out for him.

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The gramps52 branch is now 2 commits ahead of the v5.2.0 tag.

If you build from the tip of the gramps52 branch, Gramps will report a development version (5.2.1-e9b8026ae) along with the usual warning. It shouldn’t cause a problem though.

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The proper install command is

sudo python setup.py install --root=/

And that works on Fedora too. I put that on my laptop to test.

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Thanks. I didn’t notice that I had build twice.

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Thanks! this worked!

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Looking at the Fedora BuildSystem for packageID 1969 (Gramps) :
And idea why is there a “fc41” finished before the “fc40”

1 through 50 of 217 >>>

NVR Built by Finished descending sort State
gramps-5.2.0-1.fc40 limb 2024-02-23 19:10:44 complete
gramps-5.2.0-1.fc41 limb 2024-02-23 19:10:26 complete
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Because someone’s building it for Rawhide.

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Had to lookup that Rawhide is the Fedora codename for its development branch.

How can you tell which is release vs. Rawhide?

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By checking the version codes, and their status. Fedora 39 is the one that I used to test the install from source, so I was a little suprised to find a version 41 being built already. And then I mentioned the Rawhide term to see how you would react. :slight_smile:

Anyway, here’s the release plan according to Wikipedia:

And that suggests that we may simply concentrate on fc39 and fc40, or even just fc39.

I found the name here:

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