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Install and start Ancestris

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Ancestris is gratis (open source) software en valt onder de GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V3.

Ancestris is een vrij te gebruiken genealogie programma, met gebruik en registratie van een onbeperkt aantal individuen en families.

Ancestris is ontwikkeld en beschikbaar gesteld door uitsluitend vrijwilligersrs.

 

Controleer je vereiste configuratie

Ancestris werkt op de aller laatste MacOS, Windows and Linux platformen.
Als Ancestris niet start, of laat het het Ancestris crash scherm zien en stopt, is er over het algemeen een probleem met de Java installatie.

Om Ancestris te kunnen gebruiken, is de volgende configuratie benodigd:

  • Java versie 8 of versie 11. We ondersteunen alleen LTS versies van Java, hoewel Ancestris waarschijnlijk ook werkt met andere versies (12 to 15).
  • 2 Gb RAM
  • 200 Mb beschikbare disk ruimte
  • Een voldoende groot beeldscherm, 1920 x 1080 wordt als minimum aanbevolen.

Java is is vereist

Om Ancestris te gebruiken, moet Java op je systeem geïnstalleerd zijn.

De meeste functies van Ancestris werken goed met Java Versie 11 en Java Versie 8 (aka Versie 1.8).

Om te bepalen welke versie van Java op je systeem is geïnstalleerd en of er andere versies van Java aanwezig zijn en hoe je van versie kunt wisselen en de technische eisen waaraan voldaan moet worden, kijk dan op de Java Installatie pagina.    

 

Installatie

Als je een stap-voor-stap installatie handleiding nodig hebt, dan hebben we een stap-voorstap handleiding voor je systeem beschikbaar.
Stap-voor-stap installatie handleiding voor MacOS
Stap-voor-stap installatie handleiding voor versie 10 voor Windows
Stap-voor-stap installatie handleiding voor versie 11 voor 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, https://www.ancestris.org via the DOWNLOAD option.

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Choose your Ancestris version

Two versions are available.

 

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.

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  • Click on the Ancestris version button of your operating system
    • MacOS
    • Windows
    • or Linux. Hovering over Ancestris 10, 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 10 for Windows.

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This is an example with Ancestris 11 for Linux.

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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 10, just double-click on the downloaded exe file Ancestris10Setup.exe. This installation programme will assist you in the installation of Ancestris and it will also create the launcher icon. For version 11, 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.

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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 10 for Windows
Step-by-step installation guide of version 11 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.