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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2003-02-14 21:43:30 +0000
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2009-06-23 12:10:06 +0200
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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