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LifeLines is a genealogy program that runs on UNIX systems. It maintains genealogical records (persons, families, sources, events and others) in a database, and generates reports from those records. There are no practical limits on the number of records that can be stored in a LifeLines database, nor on the amounts or kinds of data that can be kept in the records. LifeLines does not contain built-in reports. Instead it provides a programming subsystem that you use to program your own reports and charts. The programming subsystem also lets you query your databases and process your data in any way. LifeLines uses the terminal independent features of UNIX to provide a screen and menu based user interface.
LifeLines is a non-commercial, experimental system that is use at your own risk software. I developed LifeLines for personal use and shared it with friends. Enough of a demand arose through word of mouth and internet, that I have made the LifeLines source code and other information freely available at WATCH THIS SPACE -- LOOSEEND. Though LifeLines is free in all its forms, I retain all rights.
You may be installing LifeLines from a source distribution package or as
an executable program already prepared for your UNIX system.
The source distribution comes with the readme, build script and make
files necessary to build LifeLines.
Follow the instructions in the readme file.
The executable program will be named lines302; I recommend
changing it to lines.
lines is the LifeLines program; put it in a directory in your
execution path.
If you get the program in executable form, follow whatever instructions
came with it.
The source distribution package also contains documentation and some LifeLines programs.
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