On 18/06/2011 10:53, Ian Goddard wrote: > Bob Melson wrote: >> Notably missing from all this has been gramps, which just released it's >> 3.3.0 version. While originally a Linux/Unix app, it's available for >> Windows. See http://gramps-project.org/ for details. And, BTW, it's > > Thanks for that heads-up, Bob. I hadn't seen that. Now I need to find > time to back everything up & upgrade.... > > However, the .exe isn't very big so, unlike the all-singing all-dancing > installer project from some time ago, it seems unlikely that it will > install all the dependencies such as Python which are apt to be absent > from Windows. Looking back to the comments on the 2.6 release it seems > that as ever Windows users were finding it just too difficult to set up. > They really do need to build and keep up-to-date all-in-one installer. > I just tried installing the Win 32 version. I needed to install: 1. python 2.72 (15 Mb) from python 2.7.2 http://www.python.org/download/ 2. gtk-2.12.9-win32-2.exe (7 Mb) from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gladewin32/files/gtk%2B-win32-runtime/2.12.9/ 3. pygtk-all-in-one-2.24.0.win32-py2.7.msi (32 Mb) from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/pygtk/2.24/ before installing Gramps 3.3 (7 Mb) from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gramps/files/Stable/3.3.0/ There is more information at http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_installer#Installation and more installation help at http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=GRAMPS_and_Windows When I ran Gramps for the first time it asked whether I wanted to install some additional components. All but one installed without problems after a program restart. With all the components and dependencies, I don't think most Windows users would be able to maintain/upgrade the Win version of Gramps with any ease.