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{{Entry
 
{{Entry
 
|Name=GNU gettext
 
|Name=GNU gettext
|Short description=Tools to produce multi-lingual messages
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|Short description=Tools to produce multi-lingual messages.
 
|Full description='''Gettext''' is a package providing a framework for translating the textual output of programs into multiple languages. It provides translators with the means to create message catalogs, as well as an [[Emacs]] mode to work with them, and a runtime library to load translated messages from the catalogs.  
 
|Full description='''Gettext''' is a package providing a framework for translating the textual output of programs into multiple languages. It provides translators with the means to create message catalogs, as well as an [[Emacs]] mode to work with them, and a runtime library to load translated messages from the catalogs.  
  
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/gettext.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/gettext.git
 
|Documentation note=https://gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/
 
|Documentation note=https://gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/
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'''Selection from the [https://shop.fsf.org/ FSF shop]'''
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books/free-freedom-20-richard-stallman Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman]
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[https://shop.fsf.org/books-docs/introduction-command-line Introduction to the Command Line]
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'''[https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement]'''
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If you have corrections to this entry or questions about it, please contact: mailto:maintainers@gnu.org
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
 
|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
 
|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/
 
|Donate=https://my.fsf.org/donate/
|Related projects=UNICON,gtranslator,KBabel,Mule,Pango,poEdit,yudit,Gcal,intlfonts
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|Related projects=gnustandards,UNICON,gtranslator,KBabel,Mule,Pango,poEdit,yudit,Gcal,intlfonts
 
|Keywords=internationalization,documentation,languages,emacs,editing,multilingual,gettext,word processing
 
|Keywords=internationalization,documentation,languages,emacs,editing,multilingual,gettext,word processing
 
|Version identifier=0.19.8.1
 
|Version identifier=0.19.8.1
 
|Version date=2016/06/11
 
|Version date=2016/06/11
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.tar.gz
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.tar.lz
 
|Last review by=Bendikker
 
|Last review by=Bendikker
|Last review date=2018/11/14
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|Last review date=2019/01/18
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
|Submitted date=2011/04/12
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|Submitted date=2011/04/01
 
|User level=advanced
 
|User level=advanced
 
|Component programs=msgmerge, xgettext, msgfilter, ngettext, msguniq, msgunfmt, msgmerge, msginit, msggrep,msgfmt, msgexec, msgen, msgconv, msgcomm, msgcmp, msgcat, msgattrib, gettextize
 
|Component programs=msgmerge, xgettext, msgfilter, ngettext, msguniq, msgunfmt, msgmerge, msginit, msggrep,msgfmt, msgexec, msgen, msgconv, msgcomm, msgcmp, msgcat, msgattrib, gettextize
 
|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
 
|Paid support=https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/
 
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
 
|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=Yes
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|OpenPGP signature=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.tar.lz.sig
 
|Test entry=No
 
|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=Yes
 
|Is GNU=Yes
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|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Email=bruno@clisp.org
 
|Email=bruno@clisp.org
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{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Perl (Ref)
 
|Resource URL=https://metacpan.org/release/Gettext
 
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{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Perl (Ref)
 
|Resource URL=https://metacpan.org/release/gettext
 
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{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Ruby (Ref)
 
|Resource URL=https://rubygems.org/gems/gettext
 
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
 
|Resource audience=Savannah (Ref)
|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext/
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
|Resource URL=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git
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|Resource URL=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource kind=Mailing List
 
|Resource kind=Mailing List
|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gettext
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gettext/
 
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{{Resource
 
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|Resource kind=Download
 
|Resource kind=Download
|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext
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|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/gettext/
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
|Resource audience=Gentoo
 
|Resource kind=General
 
|Resource URL=https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-devel/gettext
 
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{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=FreeBSD
 
 
|Resource kind=General
 
|Resource kind=General
|Resource URL=https://www.freshports.org/devel/gettext
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/people/
 
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{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line, library
 
|Interface=command-line, library
 
|Programming-language=C
 
|Programming-language=C
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|Runs-on=GNU/Linux
 
|Use=library, localization
 
|Use=library, localization
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
 
|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
|Prerequisite description=glibc
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|Prerequisite description=[[glibc]]
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=Emacs
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|Prerequisite description=[[Emacs]]
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=GNU ncurses
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|Prerequisite description=[[ncurses | GNU ncurses]]
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=Java (gcj)
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|Prerequisite description=Java ([[gcj]])
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=C# (mono)
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|Prerequisite description=C# ([[mono]])
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=libxml2
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|Prerequisite description=[[libxml]]2
 
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{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=libiconv
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|Prerequisite description=[[libiconv]]
 
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}}
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
 
|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
|Prerequisite description=GNU Grep
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|Prerequisite description=[[GNU Grep]]
 
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Revision as of 12:04, 18 January 2019


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GNU gettext

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
Tools to produce multi-lingual messages.

Gettext is a package providing a framework for translating the textual output of programs into multiple languages. It provides translators with the means to create message catalogs, and a runtime library to load translated messages from the catalogs.

Nearly all GNU packages use Gettext.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

5 January 2017

Notes

The gettext-runtime package is partially under the LGPL and partially under the GPL.

The following parts are under the GPL, see file COPYING in the toplevel directory:

  • the _programs_ gettext, ngettext, envsubst

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

14 August 2020

Notes

The following parts are under the LGPL, see file intl/COPYING.LIB:

  • the libintl and libasprintf libraries and their header files,
  • the libintl.jar Java library,
  • the GNU.Gettext.dll C# library,
  • the gettext.sh shells script function library.

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/tree/gettext-runtime/libasprintf/COPYING.LIB

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/tree/gettext-runtime/intl/COPYING.LIB




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Daiki Ueno Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
FTPDownloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/gettext/
FTPGeneralhttps://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gettext/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gettext/
FTPDownloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gettext.git/
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/gettext-tools.html
FTPDownloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937302
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/gettext-examples.html
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext/
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/gettext-runtime.html
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gettext


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Weak prerequisiteJava (gcj)
Weak prerequisiteEmacs
Weak prerequisitelibxml2
Weak prerequisiteGNU Grep
Weak prerequisitelibiconv
Weak prerequisite GNU ncurses
Weak prerequisiteC# (mono)
Required to useglibc

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 5 November 2022.




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