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The author of the fink guide thanks the original author from which that part of the guide was written, and for the help of people on the Gramps list for helping them work through the stumbling blocks!
The fink guide applies to Mac OS X 10.4.8, and Gramps 2.2.68, but might work with other versions.
The macports guide applied to Mac OS X 10.4.8 and Gramps 2.2.68, but should work otherwise.
=== General Caveats ===
* As stated above, these instructions were for installing 2.2.6 8 on Mac OS X 10.4.8, but should work more widely.
* Production of a guide like this should really only be done after repeating the installation from a clean machine, and repeating again till the guide exactly matches the actual process - doing so would take a lot of time; the authors have each only done the installation once, so your experience will almost certainly differ from theirs.
* The process is not very straightforward, and there will almost certainly be problems like unresolved dependencies, files not found on the various servers, download of files just stalls indefinitely and questions asked by scripts to which you don't know the answer. Nevertheless, installation is possible and I think gramps is worth the trouble. I suggest you have a look at the instructions for [http://www.captnswing.net/2004/02/12/nicotine.html|Installing SoulSeek] - this is a similar process, but actually ''SoulSeek'' is easier because it is fully integrated into the fink process. This might give you some idea of the requirements for perseverance. If you don't think you could install ''SoulSeek'' then you certainly won't be able to install Gramps. '''The converse is not true'''
== Installing Gramps on Mac OS X via fink to use X11 ==
