I’ve been using Gramps 5.16 (deb version) on Ubuntu 24.04 with the data path set to /media/linuxstore/ourdocuments/Shared/Jeff/3 Resources and Interests/Geneology/grampsdb (/media/linuxstore is a mounted external drive) I’m trying to upgrade to the Flatpak version of 6.0.5. I completely uninstall…

If you can open your database in an older version of Gramps with BSDDB3 installed, then convert it to SQLite. Once your database is converted to SQLite from BSDDB3, make a backup . Then you should be able to use the current Gramps flatpak on flathub. Personally, I think it is easier to make the backu…

This is because flatpak is a container, it doesn’t have access to the complete filesystem. You can add a directory like so: flatpak override --filesystem=/media org.gramps_project.Gramps See Flatpak Command Reference - Flatpak documentation You can also use flatseal for a graphical interface.

That was exactly the problem - Thanks! But now I have another issue. When loading the DB, I get an error about low level DB corruption. 346890: ERROR: dbloader.py: line 107: can’t load database backend: ‘bsddb’ Traceback (most recent call last): File “/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/gramps/g…

Hmmm… Good to know. So what I think you’re saying is that I can’t get there from here with Flatpak. I tried installing the Snap package, but it wouldn’t run at all (no error, just wouldn’t start up). I don’t feel confident enough to compile the app myself. So I guess my only option is to return to…

[image] Greenhat: I tried installing the Snap package, but it wouldn’t run at all (no error, just wouldn’t start up). Did it install? What is the output of the snap list gramps command?

Thank you so much for the suggestion! I was able to reinstall the 5.16 version from the Ubuntu repository, convert to SQLite, uninstall 5.16, reinstall 6.0.5 Flatpak, open my family tree, convert it to the new schema, and now I’m all set. Suggestion: It sure would be helpful to note somewhere on t…

Need Help Upgrading to 6.0.5 Flatpak On Ubuntu 24.04

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Nick-Hall November 7, 2025, 2:39pm 4

Our Flatpak doesn’t include the BSDDB database backend.

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Need Help Upgrading to 6.0.5 Flatpak On Ubuntu 24.04

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