source: BOOK/final-system/common/intltool.xml@ d375bb02

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<sect1 id="ch-system-intltool" role="wrap">
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  <title>Intltool-&intltool-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-intltool">
    <primary sortas="a-Intltool">Intltool</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Intltool package contains internationalization tools.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Intltool</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Intltool for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen os="e2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-intltool" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Intltool</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>intltool-extract, intltool-merge, intltool-prepare, intltool-update, intltoolize</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/intltool</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="intltool-extract">
        <term><command>intltool-extract</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Generates header files which can be read by gettext</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-intltool intltool-extract">
            <primary sortas="b-intltool-extract">intltool-extract</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="intltool-merge">
        <term><command>intltool-merge</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Merges translated strings into various types of files</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-intltool intltool-merge">
            <primary sortas="b-intltool-merge">intltool-merge</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="intltool-prepare">
        <term><command>intltool-prepare</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Prepares software to make use of intltool</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-intltool intltool-prepare">
            <primary sortas="b-intltool-prepare">intltool-prepare</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="intltool-update">
        <term><command>intltool-update</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Updates PO template files and merges translations with them</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-intltool intltool-update">
            <primary sortas="b-intltool-update">intltool-update</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="intltoolize">
        <term><command>intltoolize</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Copies intltool related files to software packages</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-intltool intltoolize">
            <primary sortas="b-intltoolize">intltoolize</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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  </sect2>

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