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', so that it can parse Glade XML files.
35 http://expat.sourceforge.net/
37 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10127
38 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
39 --with-libexpat-prefix to 'configure'.
41 * A Java runtime and compiler (e.g. GNU gcj or kaffe).
43 Needed for building libintl.jar. Also needed for 'msgfmt' and
44 'msgunfmt', so that they can handle Java classes and properties files.
46 http://gcc.gnu.org/java/
49 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
50 http://www.kaffe.org/ftp/pub/kaffe/v1.1.x-development/
52 * A C# runtime and compiler (e.g. pnet or mono).
54 Needed for building GNU.Gettext.dll. Also needed for 'msgfmt' and
55 'msgunfmt', so that they can handle C# resources and assemblies.
57 http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
59 http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html#download
60 http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads
61 + If more than one C# is installed, pass the option --enable-csharp=IMPL
62 to 'configure', to disambiguate.
66 Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-git
71 http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
75 Needed for the --color option of the various programs.
76 If not present, a subset of libxml2 (included in this package) will be
77 compiled into libgettextlib.
81 ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/
82 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
83 --with-libxml2-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
87 Needed for the --color option of the various programs.
88 If not present, a subset of libglib2 (included in this package) will be
89 compiled into libgettextlib.
91 http://developer.gnome.org/arch/gtk/glib.html
93 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/
94 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
95 --with-libglib-2.0-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
97 * GNOME libcroco 0.6.1 or newer
99 Needed for the --color option of the various programs.
100 If not present, a copy of libcroco-0.6.1 (included in this package) will
101 be compiled into libgettextlib.
103 http://www.freespiders.org/projects/libcroco/
105 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libcroco/0.6/
106 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
107 --with-libcroco-0.6-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
111 Needed for the line breaking in PO files and for xgettext.
112 If not present, a subset of libunistring (included in this package) will
113 be compiled into libgettextlib.
115 http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
117 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
118 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
119 + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
120 --with-libunistring-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
123 + Optional but deprecated.
124 Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if configured with --with-cvs.
126 http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
127 http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/
129 http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/
132 The following packages should be installed when GNU gettext is installed
133 (runtime dependencies, but not build dependencies):
138 The following should be installed when GNU gettext is built, but are not
139 needed later, once it is installed (build dependencies, but not runtime
142 * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
143 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'cc', or GCC 2.95 or newer.
147 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
148 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
151 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'make' (for in-tree builds only),
152 or GNU Make 3.79.1 or newer.
154 http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
156 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
157 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
160 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'sh', or Bash.
162 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
164 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
165 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
167 * Core POSIX utilities, including:
168 [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
169 false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo
170 mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch
172 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU coreutils.
174 http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
176 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
177 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
179 * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
180 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU diffutils.
182 http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
184 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
185 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
188 + Mandatory. Either the platform's native grep, or GNU grep.
190 http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
192 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
193 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
195 * The archiving utility 'tar'.
197 Needed for the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-git
199 Either the platform's native tar, or GNU tar.
201 http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
203 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
204 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
206 * The GNU compression utility 'gzip'.
208 Needed for the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-git
211 http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
213 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
214 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/