Step-by-step installation on Linux

Installation with AppImage 

Download the AppImage file from Ancestris web site hovering the mouse on the Ancestris 12 stable or Ancestris Development 13 button

Go to the directory where the file was downloaded and move it to a directory where you want to store the Ancestris program

Make sure the file is executable by right clicking on it and choosing Properties

Make the file executable

Double click on it. A menu appear the first time. Choose either to lanch Ancestris or to Install it in the Launch bar.

Here we choose to install it in the launch bar and launch it.

 

Ancestris is launched and appears in the launch bar

 

Installation on Ubuntu using the official repository

Repository is: https://launchpad.net/~ancestris

Stable version "Ancestris stable"

To install the stable version of Ancestris:

• Add the PPA ppa: ancestris / ancestris-stable in your software sources.
• Then reload the list of packages.
• Finally install the Ancestris package

All this can be done using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ancestris/ancestris-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install ancestris

Development version "Ancestris unstable"

To install the unstable version of Ancestris:

• Add the PPA ppa: ancestris / ancestris-unstable in your software sources.
• Then reload the list of packages.
• Finally install the Ancestris package

All this can be done using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ancestris/ancestris-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install ancestris

Uninstallation

If you installed via AppImage

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If you installed via repository

sudo apt remove ancestris