Intltool

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Introduction to Intltool

The intltool package contains an internationalization tool. This is useful for extracting translatable strings from source files, collecting the extracted strings with messages from traditional source files (<source directory>/<package>/po) and merging the translations into .xml, .desktop and .oaf files.

Dependencies

Required

Non-Multilib or Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install &&
install -v -m644 -D doc/I18N-HOWTO \
    /usr/share/doc/intltool-0.35.0/I18N-HOWTO

Contents

Installed Programs: intltoolize, intltool-extract, intltool-merge, intltool-prepare, and intltool-update
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/share/intltool and /usr/share/doc/intltool-0.35.0

Short Descriptions

intltoolize prepares a package to use intltool.
intltool-extract generates header files that can be read by gettext.
intltool-merge merges translated strings into various file types.
intltool-prepare updates pot files and merges them with translation files.
intltool-update updates the po template files and merges them with the translations.