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Benutzerhandbuch Wie man Ancestris verwendet, um Genealogien zu erstellen. Ancestris installieren Install and start Ancestris Reinstall or upgrade Ancestris Update Ancestris Step-by-step installation on MacOS Step-by-step installation of version 11 on Windows Step-by-step installation of version 12 on Windows Java installation Launch settings Software files and User settings files Ancestris entdecken Guided Tour Getting started: create or migrate Eine eigene Genealogie erzeugen Migrate your genealogy to Ancestris Ancestris installieren Installieren oder aktualisieren Sie Ancestris unter MacOS, Windows und Linux. Java Voraussetzung. Speicherort der Dateien, Starteinstellungen und Benutzereinstellungen. Ancestris installieren Install and start Ancestris Lizenz und Benutzerrechte lesen Ancestris is free software, licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V3. Ancestris is a free genealogy program, for unlimited time usage, and an unlimited number of individuals. It is made available to you by volunteers. Überprüfe unsere erforderliche Konfiguration Ancestris läuft auf allen aktuellen MacOS-, Windows- und Linux-Betriebssystemen. If Ancestris does not start, or shows the Ancestris splash screen and stops, it is most generally related to an issue with the Java installation. Um Ancestris benutzen zu können ist folgende Konfiguration erforderlich: Java Version 8 oder version 11. Wir können nur LTS Versionen von Java unterstützen, wenn auch Ancestris mit anderen Version richtig funktionieren könnte (12 to 15). 2 Gb RAM 200 Mb erforderlicher Festplattenspeicher Ein ausreichend großer Bildschirm. Als Minimum wird 1920 x 1080 empfohlen. Java ist Voraussetzung To use Ancestris, you need to have Java installed on your system. Most of the Ancestris features are compatible with Java Version 11 and Java Version 8 (aka Version 1.8). To identify which Java version is installed on your system, other Java versions available, how to swap between Java versions, or the Java technical requirements, check out the Java installation page. Installation If you need detailed installation steps, we provide you with a step-by-step guide corresponding to your system : ✔ Step-by-step installation guide for MacOS ✔ Step-by-step installation guide of version 11 for Windows ✔ Step-by-step installation guide of version 12 for Windows What follows is the general overview of the installation and the links in case of troubles or to change launch settings. Go to Download on the Ancestris site Ancestris can be downloaded for free on our page h ttps://www.ancestris.org via the DOWNLOAD option. Choose your Ancestris version Two versions are available. Choose the stable version 11 if you are aiming for stability and do not need to benefit from the latest developments. Choose the daily version 12 if you wish to benefit from the latest functionalities. All versions work on any device under any operating system that can use Java. All versions work with all existing translations. All versions are full versions and allow unlimited usage. Download Ancestris This shows the Download section of the Ancestris site. Click on the Ancestris version button of your operating system MacOS Windows or Linux. Hovering over Ancestris 11, a menu will appear where you can pick one of the following distributions : Fedora, Redhat, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, or a generic ZIP file. The downloaded file will be specific to the operating system you choose Follow the steps suggested by your Internet browser and save the file The download will take a few minutes and will result in a file of about 86 Mb. This is an example with Ancestris 11 for Windows. This is an example with Ancestris 12 for Windows or for Linux. Choose Ancestris folder At the end of the download, the file will be placed in your default download folder. If you don't know what this folder is, check your Internet browser's settings or else click on the downloaded icon of your browser. From that folder, feel free to move the downloaded file wherever you want on your computer. Start Ancestris The way to start Ancestris slightly differs depending on the OS system you have. Ancestris's files will be inside the resulting ancestris folder. Refer to the Software files page to have the detailed view of the ancestris folder. To start Ancestris, run the downloaded file or else run the executable in the bin folder that corresponds to the operating system you are using. MacOS : just click on the downloaded file and Ancestris will start. Windows : for version 11, just double-click on the downloaded exe file Ancestris11Setup.exe . This installation programme will assist you in the installation of Ancestris and it will also create the launcher icon. For version 12, run the ancestris64.exe file in the bin folder. Linux : unzip the archive and then double-click on the 'ancestris' file of the bin folder. Regardless of the version, here is what you will see when Ancestris is started. Troubleshooting If you need detailed installation steps, please read the step-by-step guide below corresponding to your system : ✔ Step-by-step installation guide for MacOS ✔ Step-by-step installation guide of version 11 for Windows ✔ Step-by-step installation guide of version 12 for Windows If Ancestris does not start, or shows the Ancestris splash screen and stops, it is most generally related to an issue with the Java installation. Either Java is not installed or Ancestris does not find it or finds an incompatible version or finds a corrupted version. Please check the Java installation page for help. Personalisation Shortcut icon If you need to customize a shortcut with a nice icon to start Ancestris, please check your operating system's documentation on how to create it, and feel free to use the included image file ancestris.gif provided within the softwares files. For MacOS, see the step-by-step guide. For Windows, see the step-by-step guide. For Linux, there are several of these procedures, and quite different from one system to another. Launch settings You can personalise the way Ancestris starts such as the memory allocation for instance. In case you need to personalise the way Ancestris is launched, please refer to the Launch settings page. User settings If you are interested in knowing where the user settings files are, please refer to the Software and user settings files page. Ancestris installieren Reinstall or upgrade Ancestris There are several situations where you may need to reinstall Ancestris, but they all end up following the same steps described below. Situations to justify reinstallation Reinstalling Ancestris on the same computer If a new version of Ancestris is out and you want to benefit from it. For instance, upgrading from version 11 to version 12. If there was a major modification of the same version, usually the daily version. For instance, when the Ancestris team makes changes to the Ancestris platform, they will ask you to reinstall. To be notified of such changes, you will need to subscribe to the discussion list. If a change has happened to your computer, or if some Ancestris files are lost . In this situation, Ancestris might no longer work properly. In all those situations, your action will result in reinstalling Ancestris. When reinstalling Ancestris, you will automatically be able to preserve your customizations. It is up to you to decide if you want to reinstall Ancestris at the same location on your computer or not. In either case, we recommend you to get rid of the former Ancestris instance and replace the Software files. In case you were to keep two different instances of Ancestris on the same computer, Ancestris might get confused as there is only one set of user settings. Reinstalling Ancestris on a second computer If you are to install Ancestris on a second computer, just proceed as a regular first-time installation. If you want to have the same user settings on both computers, you should first copy the user settings folder from one computer to the other one. Alternatively, you can also use the export button of the Ancestris preferences window. Reinstalling stable version 11 To reinstall the main version, while preserving your user settings, just proceed as a regular first-time installation. It should be much quicker as Java should already be installed and your Ancestris launcher is already set. In practice, it will consist of simply replacing the 5 folders listed in the following steps. Reinstalling daily version 12 To upgrade from the main version to the daily version, or reinstall the daily version, while preserving your user settings, follow the instructions below. You have two possibilities: Either erase the previous application and re-install the new one (the preferred choice for MacOS). Or replace the existing files with the new ones, which lets you keep the launcher that you might have set up (the preferred choice for Linux and Windows). In the first situation, erase the previous Ancestris application and reinstall the new one. Your personal settings should remain. In the second situation, follow the steps below: Quit Ancestris, if it is running Download the daily version from the Ancestris web site and install it as per the initial installation. In case you need to replace the files manually, go to the ancestris folder of the previous installation and delete the following 5 folders ancestris bin etc harness platform Replace them with the recently downloaded corresponding 5 folders included in the package or the compressed archive. Restart Ancestris as usual In case some settings no longer work, or are not compatible with the new version,p lease refer to the User settings page if you want to manage them yourself. Ancestris installieren Update Ancestris The Ancestris team constantly works on improving the Ancestris software. All updates we make to the version you have are available to you automatically, and you do not have anything to do, whether you are using the Main version or the Daily version.