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author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2003-02-14 21:43:30 +0000 |
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committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2009-06-23 12:10:06 +0200 |
commit | 15bc9f3d9060550a342007da15448300352fba9f (patch) | |
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Document split between gettext-runtime and gettext-tools.
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Although the source of the gettext package comes as a single package, I recommend that in distributions of binary packages the installed files be split into two packages: - gettext + gettext-runtime Contents: Runtime libraries and programs. Audience: Anyone who wants to run internationalized programs. @@ -13,17 +13,38 @@ be split into two packages: Contents: Tools and documentation for developers and translators. Audience: Anyone who wants to develop or localize internationalized programs, i.e. developers and translators. - Dependencies: requires gettext. + Dependencies: requires gettext-runtime. -The 'gettext' binary package is much smaller than the 'gettext-tools' binary -package (90 KB versus 4 MB). I recommend to include it in the default +The 'gettext-runtime' binary package is much smaller than the 'gettext-tools' +binary package (90 KB versus 4 MB). I recommend to include it in the default installation list, like GNU 'sh-utils'; in fact, the runtime programs are utilities for sh programs. +The 'gettext-runtime' binary package can be installed by doing + + cd gettext-runtime + ./configure + make + make install + +The 'gettext-tools' binary package can be installed by doing + + cd gettext-tools + ./configure + make + make install + +If you want to install both at the same time, you simple do at the toplevel +directory: + + ./configure + make + make install + The precise split between gettext and gettext-tools is according to the following file list. - gettext + gettext-runtime $prefix/bin/gettext $prefix/bin/ngettext |