General Information
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This is GEDCOMParser version 1.0.0

GEDCOM was developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to provide a flexible, uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data. GEDCOM is an acronym for   GE nealogical   D ata   Com  munication. Its purpose is to foster the sharing of genealogical information and the development of a wide range of inter-operable software products to assist genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Full information about GEDCOM is available here : http://www.gendex.com/gedcom55/55gctoc.htm

libgedcomparser is an opensource library designed to manage GEDCOM files.
The programming language is mainly C++ (and a little bit of C generated by flex / bison).

Its development is managed within the ghosts project (hosted on savannah) 
* Development main page : http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/ghosts/
* Homepage : http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/ghosts
* Downloads : http://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=ghosts
* Mailing list : ghosts-users@mail.freesoftware.fsf.org


What get's installed ?
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* gedcomcheck should go in the $prefix/bin directory.
* libgedcomparser (.so or .a) should go in the $prefix/lib directory
* includes should go in the $prefix/include/GEDCOMParser directory
* reference documentation shoud go in the $prefix/doc/GEDCOMParser/reference directory

Installation
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See the file 'INSTALL'. You will find there the workaround for the "autoheader: missing template: PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR" error.

How to report bugs
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Bug tracker system is available within the ghosts project : http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=ghosts

Patches
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Patches can be submitted within the ghosts project : http://savannah.nongnu.org/patch/?group=ghosts

