Genea.app is a genealogy software that conveniently allows you to record your family's history. It is especially useful for creating a family tree, managing data and photos, and generating reports. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Genea.app on an Arch Linux system.
Before installing Genea.app, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
Genea.app requires a number of dependencies to run correctly. To ensure that everything install smoothly, we will first have to install these dependencies using Pacman, a package manager for Arch Linux.
Open the terminal and run the following command as superuser:
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S git make gcc qt5-tools qt5-base
After installing the dependencies, we will need to clone the Genea.app GitHub repository to our local system.
Run the following command in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/dryetile/genea.app.git
This command will clone the repository to your current working directory.
Now, we will build and install Genea.app.
Navigate to the newly cloned directory:
cd genea.app
Next, run the following commands in order to build and install Genea.app:
qmake-qt5
make
sudo make install
These commands will ensure that Genea.app is built and installed correctly.
Finally, we can launch Genea.app using the following command:
genea.app
You should now see the Genea.app user interface.
By following these simple steps, you have successfully installed Genea.app on your Arch Linux system. With this genealogy software, you will be able to maintain and organize your family's history with ease. Enjoy using Genea.app!
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