How To Install gettext on CentOS 8
gettext is GNU libraries and utilities for producing multi-lingual messages
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gettext on CentOS 8.
What is gettext
The GNU gettext package provides a set of tools and documentation for producing multi-lingual messages in programs. Tools include a set of conventions about how programs should be written to support message catalogs, a directory and file naming organization for the message catalogs, a runtime library which supports the retrieval of translated messages, and stand-alone programs for handling the translatable and the already translated strings. Gettext provides an easy to use library and tools for creating, using, and modifying natural language catalogs and is a powerful and simple method for internationalizing programs.
We can use yum or dnf to install gettext on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gettext.
Install gettext on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install gettext using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gettext
Install gettext on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install gettext using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gettext
How To Uninstall gettext on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the gettext package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gettext
gettext Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/envsubst
/usr/bin/gettext
/usr/bin/gettext.sh
/usr/bin/msgattrib
/usr/bin/msgcat
/usr/bin/msgcmp
/usr/bin/msgcomm
/usr/bin/msgconv
/usr/bin/msgen
/usr/bin/msgexec
/usr/bin/msgfilter
/usr/bin/msgfmt
/usr/bin/msggrep
/usr/bin/msginit
/usr/bin/msgmerge
/usr/bin/msgunfmt
/usr/bin/msguniq
/usr/bin/ngettext
/usr/bin/recode-sr-latin
/usr/bin/xgettext
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/c5c615871f122db825cda0574779ee370b3978
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/860d8764aece61250250d68d59e3d2050a582c
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/b386ed6b7e527ac39fd1820687e317fd8fd545
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/f8c3358f14b22d419eb211095f040760b58612
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/e20bcaaca5ed745d4f5f319ce3cc15e0db8d56
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/9bbfc50fea9cf2c8a10fe6995f6485ed349274
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/27c6fb335d0c36df61daecb2e0e60007e6eb03
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/ebe95ec5278d531f16c451ef3ee2df3366be3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/24c93dc94f70ffec59f05247f53c9b9de200ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/5cd9577c022b2bd07c7d7272cc29b2155cc69f
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/fbcc645af9611681aa8766bdd5d0aa2ae45989
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/75191d1299daaf6bf4aa28fd7cdf9525ce24f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/010bcee2426c8d89eaf21d37aefe00c68ae155
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/67f80676b8d0b1a664483f1aa52905ef10eedb
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/54f5cb4300140fc6a29a0819c3ff01837b4392
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/491d8f20cfb29b5ca93705b1a6124090e56bc2
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/cec16c4e7734da962088204000a54e7c3ab99f
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/8f31bb15f1f04ea7f8088f83c2fc998aec3dd2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/985d976f37e630639effdf94ff2411f65933ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/985714aad093f1fbf03c82d5fbe714dd1bf53c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/f87ffebbfde4cd53c7147327eeb1294d188c4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/c1d21ffa844c0d4576fbaeba5362d6b2a7d259
/usr/lib64/gettext
/usr/lib64/gettext/cldr-plurals
/usr/lib64/gettext/hostname
/usr/lib64/gettext/project-id
/usr/lib64/gettext/urlget
/usr/lib64/gettext/user-email
/usr/share/doc/gettext
/usr/share/doc/gettext/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gettext/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/gettext/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gettext/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/gettext/DISCLAIM
/usr/share/doc/gettext/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gettext/README
/usr/share/doc/gettext/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/gettext/envsubst.1.html
/usr/share/doc/gettext/gettext.1.html
/usr/share/doc/gettext/ngettext.1.html
/usr/share/gettext
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/appdata.its
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/appdata.loc
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/glade.loc
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/glade1.its
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/glade2.its
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/gsettings.its
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/gsettings.loc
/usr/share/gettext-0.19.8/its/gtkbuilder.its
/usr/share/gettext/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/gettext/its
/usr/share/gettext/po
/usr/share/gettext/po/Makefile.in.in
/usr/share/gettext/po/Makevars.template
/usr/share/gettext/po/Rules-quot
/usr/share/gettext/po/boldquot.sed
/usr/share/gettext/po/[email protected]
/usr/share/gettext/po/[email protected]
/usr/share/gettext/po/insert-header.sin
/usr/share/gettext/po/quot.sed
/usr/share/gettext/po/remove-potcdate.sin
/usr/share/gettext/styles
/usr/share/gettext/styles/po-default.css
/usr/share/gettext/styles/po-emacs-x.css
/usr/share/gettext/styles/po-emacs-xterm.css
/usr/share/gettext/styles/po-emacs-xterm16.css
/usr/share/gettext/styles/po-emacs-xterm256.css
/usr/share/gettext/styles/po-vim.css
/usr/share/info/gettext.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@boldquot/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-tools.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/envsubst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gettext.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gettextize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgattrib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgcmp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgcomm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgexec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgfilter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgfmt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msggrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msginit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgmerge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msgunfmt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/msguniq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ngettext.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/recode-sr-latin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xgettext.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gettext on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.