Step-by-step installation on MacOS
This page documents a detailed step-by-step installation of Ancestris on a MacOS system.
We will show an example that occurred on January 2021, of the installation of Ancestris version 11 on MacOS Catalina.
These steps include the following:
- Installation of Java 15 which was not already installed on Catalina.
- Download of Ancestris version 11 from the secure Ancestris web site
- Confirmation of the security check to allow Ancestris to run even though it comes from an unidentified developer
- Launch of Ancestris
- Creation of a Dock icon of Ancestris
Please note that the screenshots shown here might look different from those of the current Ancestris web site or the current Ancestris software version.
Special note for MacOS Big Sur:
- From this MacOS version, it might be necessary to specify the path to the java version in the ancestris configuration file (see the corresponding section in this documentation)
- For security reasons, it might be necessary to store Gedcom files in another folder than the 'Documents' folder
Installation of Java
1. From the MacOS desktop...
2. Open a terminal and type "java -version"
If Java is not installed, a popup window will suggest to install it. Click "More Info...".
If java is installed, you can directly go to screen 11.
3. You are on the Java web site. Click on "JDK Download"
4. Go down to the "macOS Installer" line and click on the ".dmg' file
5. Click on the green download button.
6. Downloading starts... Wait.
7. Downloading is completed. Open the Downloads folder to check out the file.
8. Double click on the JDK package.
9. The JDK installer stars. Just follow the steps.
10. The installation should be successful. Close the window.
11. Then type again "java -version" in the terminal.
The following result should appear, indicating java 15 is installed in our example.
Your are now done with the java installation. Let's install Ancestris now.
Installation of Ancestris
12. Go to the https://www.ancestris.org web site
