A fully packaged binary application for Gramps on Mac is available for both Intel and PPC and its use is described at [[CategoryMac OS X:Developers/PackagingApplication package]]There are three different ways of installing Gramps on Mac OS X. The linked pages provide step by step instructions.

Installing Gramps as an X11 === GTK-OSX version ===The fully packaged binary application uses [http://live.gnome.org/GTK%2b/OSX GTK-OSX] and is achieved by downloading and installing the packages on newest port. It installs as an app bundle which Gramps depends using software called finkyou can double-click in Finder to launch. The build process is a bit longwindedalmost fully automated, but most of just follow the features of Gramps work, and drag and drop and mouse clicks work very well[[Mac OS X:Build from source:Application package|step-by-step instructions]]. If Your mac came with everything you choose this routeneed except [http://developer.apple.com/TOOLS/Xcode/ Apple Xcode], you may be able to get some help both which is free from the Gramps community App Store for Lion users and the fink community. Detailed instructions can be found here: [[Mac is on your distribution DVD for earlier versions of OS X fink]].

=== MacPorts X11 version ===MacPorts is a packaging system for automatically downloading, compiling and installing Unix software on Mac OS X. It makes the process simple and almost entirely automatic.

See [[Mac OS X:Build from source:MacPorts is essentially a similar type of program to fink]] on the installation process.

See === Fink X11 version ===Similar to MacPorts, see [[Mac OS X MacPorts:Build from source:fink]] on the installation process.

=== Native Mac OS X version ===

You can install it as a An older attempt on PPC mac is described [[native Mac OS X:Build from source:Native OS X|here]] application which means that Gramps windows have the normal appearance of Macintosh Windows. This choice has fewer dependencies on installing other components. However, it has the disadvantage that drag and drop does not work, and there are issues with mouse clicks going missing, which make it much more difficult to enter information like sources which apply to many different people in your family tree. This is also in some ways a less mainstream approach so it may be harder to find help if you get into difficulties.

==== Am I ready for X11Are there any other options? ==== Installing with either fink or MacPorts is simpler that installing as a native application, but the Gramps windows have an X11 appearance. To see whether you can get use dto this appearance, you could download and install [http://www.openoffice.org/ OpenOffice] which is very easy to do and will show you what an X11 application looks like. Installing OpenOffice will not be wasted, because you will need it to be able to open reports from Gramps.

==== Are Another option is to install a virtual server on your Mac (like VMware Fusion), create a virtual machine running Linux, and install Gramps in there any other options? ====. A Gnome based distro like Ubuntu would be a good choice for the Linux system.

=====(12) Virtual ServerCompile Gramps from source without a package manager =====

Yet another option is to install a virtual server on your Mac (like VMware Fusion)If you have all of the dependent libraries installed already, create a virtual machine running Linuxthis should be possible. Just download the .tar.gz file, unpack it, and install Gramps in there. A Gnome based distro like Ubuntu would be a good choice for follow the Linux systemINSTALL instructions.

=====(23) After already having all the dependencies installedBootcamp =====

If you have all of the dependent libraries Bootcamp installed already, this should be straightforward. Just download you can use the .tar.gz file, unpack it, and follow the INSTALL instructionsWindows version of Gramps.

The process GTK-OSX option can build Gramps from source on the Desktop without typing a single character! The X11 MacPorts option is not very straightforward, and there will almost certainly straight forward. The other options may 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 answermore complicated. Nevertheless, installation is possible and I think gramps is worth the trouble. I suggest you have a look at the instructions for  [[httpCategory:Developers//www.captnswing.net/2004/02/12/nicotine.html|Installing SoulSeekPackaging]] - 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'''