The GRAMPSHOME environment variable can be used to keep data of different version of Gramps segregated. But the CLI command wiki page only has a single paragraph about it. It appears to be written for Linux. What about Windoze (not trying to be negative, just trying to differentiate from ‘windows’…

The GRAMPSHOME environmental variable’s value can be viewed with a Python Eval script: [image] Troubleshooting Gramps paths and environmental variables User Manual Problems with the configuration of Gramps “ constants ” can be tedious to troubleshoot. Rather th…

I don’t have tried it but it seems to be in the Configuration panel > Advanced system parameters (1) > Environment variables (2) > User variables (3) Like in this screenshot in French: [variables-environnement-Windows-1] From this website: https://www.malekal.com/variables-environnement-window…

How do you use GRAMPSHOME on various OSes?

Help

Topic		Replies	Views
Troubleshooting Gramps paths and environmental variables User Manual bug-filed	7	303	January 30, 2026
Cross-OS environment variables (using the AIO packages) Help	1	77	February 7, 2025
GrampsHome Variable Is Set And Verified But Trying To Open the Existing DB Pointed To Does Not Work Help	4	102	April 10, 2025
How to set the Base Path from Media relative to %GRAMPSHOME% Help	5	1026	June 15, 2020
How should a gramplet validate a (local, network, internet) file path string? Development	1	377	November 22, 2023

How do you use GRAMPSHOME on various OSes?

Related topics