| The following packages should be installed before GNU gettext is installed |
| (runtime dependencies that are also build dependencies): |
| |
| * GNU libiconv |
| + Not needed on systems with glibc, on macOS, and NetBSD. |
| But highly recommended on all other systems. |
| Needed for character set conversion of PO files from/to Unicode |
| and for the iconv_ostream class of libtextstyle. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: --, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: --. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/libiconv/versions |
| + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option |
| --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR to 'configure'. |
| |
| * GNU ncurses (preferred) |
| or libtermcap (discouraged) or a curses library (legacy). |
| + Highly recommended. |
| Needed for styling of terminal output (libtextstyle and the --color |
| option of the 'msgcat' program). |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: libncurses-dev, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: ncurses-devel. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/ncurses/versions |
| + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option |
| --with-ncurses-prefix=DIR or --with-libtermcap-prefix to 'configure'. |
| |
| * libxml2 |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for 'xgettext' and 'msgfmt', so that it can parse XML |
| files. Also needed for the --color option of the various |
| programs. |
| If not present, a subset of libxml2 (included in this package) will be |
| compiled into libgettextlib. |
| + Homepage: |
| http://xmlsoft.org/ |
| + Download: |
| ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: libxml2-dev, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: libxml2-devel. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/libxml2/versions |
| + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option |
| --with-libxml2-prefix=DIR to 'configure'. |
| |
| * libacl |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed so that the creation of backup files respects the access control |
| lists (ACLs) set on the original files. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/acl/ |
| + Download: |
| https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/acl/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: acl, libacl1-dev, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: acl, libacl-devel. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/acl/versions |
| |
| * A Java runtime and compiler (e.g. OpenJDK, AdoptOpenJDK, or kaffe). |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for building libintl.jar. Also needed for 'msgfmt' and |
| 'msgunfmt', so that they can handle Java classes and properties files. |
| + Homepage: |
| http://openjdk.java.net/ |
| http://www.kaffe.org/ |
| + Download: |
| http://openjdk.java.net/install/index.html |
| https://github.com/kaffe/kaffe |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: |
| openjdk-11-jdk or openjdk-8-jdk or openjdk-7-jdk, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: |
| java-11-openjdk or java-1.8.0-openjdk or java-1.7.0-openjdk. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/openjdk/versions |
| |
| * A C# runtime and compiler (e.g. mono). |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for building GNU.Gettext.dll. Also needed for 'msgfmt' and |
| 'msgunfmt', so that they can handle C# resources and assemblies. |
| + Homepage: |
| http://www.mono-project.com/ |
| + Download: |
| http://www.mono-project.com/download/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: mono, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: mono. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/mono/versions |
| + If more than one C# is installed, pass the option --enable-csharp=IMPL |
| to 'configure', to disambiguate. |
| |
| * git 1.6 or newer |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-git |
| or --with-cvs. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://git-scm.com/ |
| + Download: |
| https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: git, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: git. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/git/versions |
| |
| * The archiving utility 'tar'. |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for the 'autopoint' program. |
| Either the platform's native tar, or GNU tar. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: tar, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: tar. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/tar/versions |
| |
| * The GNU compression utility 'gzip'. |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for the 'autopoint' program. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: gzip, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: gzip. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/gzip/versions |
| |
| * The compression utility 'bzip2'. |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-bzip2. |
| + Homepage: |
| http://www.bzip.org/ |
| + Download: |
| http://www.bzip.org/downloads.html |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: bzip2, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: bzip2. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/bzip2/versions |
| |
| * The compression utility 'xz'. |
| + Recommended. |
| Needed for the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-xz. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://tukaani.org/xz/ |
| + Download: |
| https://tukaani.org/xz/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: xz-utils, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: xz. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/xz/versions |
| |
| * GNU libunistring |
| + Optional. |
| Needed for the line breaking in PO files and for xgettext. |
| If not present, a subset of libunistring (included in this package) will |
| be compiled into libgettextlib. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: libunistring-dev, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: libunistring-devel. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/libunistring/versions |
| + If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option |
| --with-libunistring-prefix=DIR to 'configure'. |
| |
| * CVS 1.11 or newer |
| + Optional but deprecated. |
| Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if configured with --with-cvs. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/ |
| + Pre-built package name: |
| - On Debian and Debian-based systems: cvs, |
| - On Red Hat distributions: cvs. |
| - Other: https://repology.org/project/cvs/versions |
| |
| |
| The following packages should be installed when GNU gettext is installed |
| (runtime dependencies, but not build dependencies): |
| |
| None. |
| |
| |
| The following should be installed when GNU gettext is built, but are not |
| needed later, once it is installed (build dependencies, but not runtime |
| dependencies): |
| |
| * A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc. |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native 'cc', or GCC 3.1 or newer. |
| + GCC Homepage: |
| https://gcc.gnu.org/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/ |
| |
| * A 'make' utility. |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native 'make' (for in-tree builds only), |
| or GNU Make 3.79.1 or newer. |
| + GNU Make Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/ |
| |
| * A shell |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native 'sh', or Bash. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ |
| |
| * Core POSIX utilities, including: |
| [ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr |
| false hostname install kill ln ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo |
| mknod mv printenv pwd rm rmdir sleep sort tee test touch |
| true uname |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU coreutils. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/ |
| |
| * The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'. |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU diffutils. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ |
| |
| * Grep. |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native grep, or GNU grep. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/ |
| |
| * Awk. |
| + Mandatory. |
| Either the platform's native awk, mawk, or nawk, or GNU awk. |
| + Homepage: |
| https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/ |
| + Download: |
| https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/ |
