1 The following packages should be installed before GNU gettext is installed
2 (runtime dependencies that are also build dependencies):
5 + Not needed on systems with
6 - glibc 2.2 or newer, or
7 - MacOS X 10.3 or newer, or
9 But highly recommended on all other systems.
10 Needed for character set conversion of PO files from/to Unicode.
12 http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
14 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
15 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
16 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
17 --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
19 * GNU ncurses (preferred)
20 or libtermcap (discouraged) or a curses library (legacy).
22 Needed for the --color option of the 'msgcat' program.
24 http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
26 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
27 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
28 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
29 --with-ncurses-prefix=DIR or --with-libtermcap-prefix to 'configure'.
33 Needed for 'xgettext' and 'msgfmt', so that it can parse XML
34 files. Also needed for the --color option of the various
36 If not present, a subset of libxml2 (included in this package) will be
37 compiled into libgettextlib.
41 ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/
42 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
43 --with-libxml2-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
45 * A Java runtime and compiler (e.g. GNU gcj or kaffe).
47 Needed for building libintl.jar. Also needed for 'msgfmt' and
48 'msgunfmt', so that they can handle Java classes and properties files.
50 http://gcc.gnu.org/java/
53 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
54 http://www.kaffe.org/ftp/pub/kaffe/v1.1.x-development/
56 * A C# runtime and compiler (e.g. pnet or mono).
58 Needed for building GNU.Gettext.dll. Also needed for 'msgfmt' and
59 'msgunfmt', so that they can handle C# resources and assemblies.
61 http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
63 http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html#download
64 http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads
65 + If more than one C# is installed, pass the option --enable-csharp=IMPL
66 to 'configure', to disambiguate.
70 Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-git
75 http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
77 * The archiving utility 'tar'.
79 Needed for the 'autopoint' program.
80 Either the platform's native tar, or GNU tar.
82 http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
84 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
85 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
87 * The GNU compression utility 'gzip'.
89 Needed for the 'autopoint' program.
91 http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
93 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
94 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
96 * The compression utility 'bzip2'.
98 Needed for the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-bzip2.
102 http://www.bzip.org/downloads.html
104 * The compression utility 'xz'.
106 Needed for the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-xz.
108 http://tukaani.org/xz/
110 http://tukaani.org/xz/
114 Needed for the --color option of the various programs.
115 If not present, a subset of libglib2 (included in this package) will be
116 compiled into libgettextlib.
118 http://developer.gnome.org/arch/gtk/glib.html
120 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/
121 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
122 --with-libglib-2.0-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
124 * GNOME libcroco 0.6.1 or newer
126 Needed for the --color option of the various programs.
127 If not present, a copy of libcroco-0.6.1 (included in this package) will
128 be compiled into libgettextlib.
130 http://www.freespiders.org/projects/libcroco/
132 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libcroco/0.6/
133 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
134 --with-libcroco-0.6-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
138 Needed for the line breaking in PO files and for xgettext.
139 If not present, a subset of libunistring (included in this package) will
140 be compiled into libgettextlib.
142 http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
144 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
145 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
146 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
147 --with-libunistring-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
150 + Optional but deprecated.
151 Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if configured with --with-cvs.
153 http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
154 http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/
156 http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/
159 The following packages should be installed when GNU gettext is installed
160 (runtime dependencies, but not build dependencies):
165 The following should be installed when GNU gettext is built, but are not
166 needed later, once it is installed (build dependencies, but not runtime
169 * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
170 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'cc', or GCC 2.95 or newer.
174 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
175 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
178 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'make' (for in-tree builds only),
179 or GNU Make 3.79.1 or newer.
181 http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
183 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
184 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
187 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'sh', or Bash.
189 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
191 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
192 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
194 * Core POSIX utilities, including:
195 [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
196 false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
197 mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
199 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU coreutils.
201 http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
203 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
204 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
206 * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
207 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU diffutils.
209 http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
211 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
212 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
215 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native grep, or GNU grep.
217 http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
219 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
220 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/