Genea.app is a genealogy research tool that helps you organize your family history research. It is available for different operating systems. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Genea.app on OpenBSD.
Before you start installing Genea.app on OpenBSD, there are a few prerequisites that you should fulfill:
To download the Genea.app package, we will use the curl command. Open the terminal and run the following command:
$ curl -L -O https://github.com/elliotchance/genea/releases/latest/download/genea_openbsd_amd64.tar.gz
This will download the latest version of Genea.app for the OpenBSD system.
After download, we need to extract the downloaded package using the following command:
$ tar -xvf genea_openbsd_amd64.tar.gz
This command will extract the downloaded package into the current directory.
Next, we need to move the Genea.app folder to the /usr/local/share directory using the following command:
$ sudo mv genea_openbsd_amd64 /usr/local/share/genea
By moving the Genea.app folder to this directory, we make it available system-wide.
After moving the folder, we need to add the environment variable for Genea.app. Open the .profile or .bashrc file in your preferred text editor using the following command:
$ nano ~/.profile
Or
$ nano ~/.bashrc
Add the following line to the end of the file:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/share/genea
This line adds the path of the Genea.app to the environment variable, so it can be accessed anywhere in the system.
Now that we have installed Genea.app on OpenBSD, we can launch it from the terminal by running the following command:
$ genea
This will launch Genea.app on your terminal.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Genea.app on OpenBSD. By following these simple steps, you can use Genea.app for your genealogy research.
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