GeneWeb is a free, open-source genealogy program that helps you organize family trees and share them online. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of GeneWeb on Void Linux.
Before we begin with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to install the dependencies required for GeneWeb to run. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo xbps-install -Sy gcc make perl-base perl-term-readline perl-libwww
This command will install all the required dependencies for GeneWeb to run on your Void Linux system.
Open the web browser and go to the GeneWeb website. On the main page, scroll down to the "Download" section and click on the "Download Last Release" button.
This will take you to the download page. Under the "Source Code" section, click on the link labeled "tar.gz."
Save the file to your preferred directory.
Open the terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the GeneWeb file. Run the following command to extract the contents of the file:
tar -xvf geneweb-7.00.tar.gz
Navigate to the extracted directory by running the following command:
cd geneweb-7.00
Now, we are ready to compile GeneWeb. Run the following command:
make CWB=1
This command will compile GeneWeb with the CWB backend. If you want to compile GeneWeb with the MySQL backend, run the following command instead:
make MYSQL=1
Wait for the compilation process to finish, which may take a while.
After the compilation process is complete, run the following command to install GeneWeb:
sudo make install
This command will install GeneWeb in the default location, which is /usr/local/share/geneweb. If you want to install GeneWeb in a different location, modify the PREFIX variable in the Makefile.
Before we can use GeneWeb, we need to configure it. Open the /usr/local/share/geneweb/gwsetup/gwsetup.conf file in a text editor:
sudo nano /usr/local/share/geneweb/gwsetup/gwsetup.conf
In this file, uncomment the BASE= line and set the value to the path of your GeneWeb database. You can choose any directory that you prefer, but we recommend creating a directory specifically for your GeneWeb data.
For example:
BASE=/home/user/genewebdata
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Now, we can run GeneWeb by typing the following command:
sudo /usr/local/share/geneweb/cgi-bin/gw.cgi
This will launch GeneWeb in your default web browser. If you see a "Welcome to GeneWeb!" message, then you have successfully installed and configured GeneWeb on your Void Linux system.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install GeneWeb on Void Linux. With GeneWeb, you can organize your family trees and share them with your relatives online.
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