pygettext but no msgfmt

Martin v. Löwis martin.vonloewis at hpi.uni-potsdam.de
Tue Apr 22 15:14:40 EDT 2003


> I tried to use gettext for internationalizing but i can't find the msgfmt
> tool.
>
> I have debian woody with python2.1 and python 2.2 installed.
> In the debian archive the file msgfmt.py isn't listed either.
>
> How can i convert the po files then?

I recommend to install the gettext package, and use msgfmt(1).

If you want to use msgfmt.py instead,
you'll find it in /usr/share/doc/python2.1/examples/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py.

Regards,
Martin






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