But highly recommended on all other systems.
Needed for character set conversion of PO files from/to Unicode.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-libiconv-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
+ Highly recommended.
Needed for the --color option of the 'msgcat' program.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-ncurses-prefix=DIR or --with-libtermcap-prefix to 'configure'.
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-libxml2-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
-* A Java runtime and compiler (e.g. GNU gcj or kaffe).
+* A Java runtime and compiler (e.g. OpenJDK 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://gcc.gnu.org/java/
+ http://openjdk.java.net/
http://www.kaffe.org/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
- http://www.kaffe.org/ftp/pub/kaffe/v1.1.x-development/
+ http://openjdk.java.net/install/index.html
+ https://github.com/kaffe/kaffe
* A C# runtime and compiler (e.g. pnet or 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.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
+ http://www.mono-project.com/
+ Download:
- http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html#download
- http://www.mono-project.com/Downloads
+ http://www.mono-project.com/download/
+ If more than one C# is installed, pass the option --enable-csharp=IMPL
to 'configure', to disambiguate.
Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if not configured with --without-git
or --with-cvs.
+ Homepage:
- http://git-scm.com/
+ https://git-scm.com/
+ Download:
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
+ https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/
* The archiving utility 'tar'.
+ Recommended.
Needed for the 'autopoint' program.
Either the platform's native tar, or GNU tar.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
* The GNU compression utility 'gzip'.
+ Recommended.
Needed for the 'autopoint' program.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
* The compression utility 'bzip2'.
+ Recommended.
If not present, a subset of libglib2 (included in this package) will be
compiled into libgettextlib.
+ Homepage:
- http://developer.gnome.org/arch/gtk/glib.html
+ https://developer.gnome.org/glib/
+ https://github.com/GNOME/glib
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/
+ https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/glib/
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-libglib-2.0-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
If not present, a copy of libcroco-0.6.1 (included in this package) will
be compiled into libgettextlib.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.freespiders.org/projects/libcroco/
+ https://developer.gnome.org/libcroco/
+ https://github.com/GNOME/libcroco
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libcroco/0.6/
+ https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libcroco/0.6/
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-libcroco-0.6-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
If not present, a subset of libunistring (included in this package) will
be compiled into libgettextlib.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/
+ If it is installed in a nonstandard directory, pass the option
--with-libunistring-prefix=DIR to 'configure'.
+ Optional but deprecated.
Needed by the 'autopoint' program, if configured with --with-cvs.
+ Homepage:
- http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/
The following packages should be installed when GNU gettext is installed
* A C runtime, compiler, linker, etc.
+ Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'cc', or GCC 2.95 or newer.
+ GCC Homepage:
- http://gcc.gnu.org/
+ https://gcc.gnu.org/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
+ 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:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
* A shell
+ Mandatory. Either the platform's native 'sh', or Bash.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
* Core POSIX utilities, including:
[ basename cat chgrp chmod chown cp dd echo expand expr
true uname
+ Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU coreutils.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/
* The comparison utilities 'cmp' and 'diff'.
+ Mandatory. Either the platform's native utilities, or GNU diffutils.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
* Grep.
+ Mandatory. Either the platform's native grep, or GNU grep.
+ Homepage:
- http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
+ Download:
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
+ https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/