pygettext but no msgfmt

[Mirko Koenig]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:14:40 +0200, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>> 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.

There's no such file. There's even no such directory.
debian woody even doesn't contain msgfmt.py

i found no package including this file.

Or can you help me?

Mirko Koenig