How To Install go-xgettext on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-xgettext in Fedora 36. go-xgettext is Program for extracting translatable strings from Go programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-xgettext on Fedora 36.

What is `go-xgettext`

The go-xgettext program is an implementation of xgettext implemented in go. It can reliably parse go source files to identify content to translate.

We can use yum or dnf to install go-xgettext on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install go-xgettext.

Install go-xgettext on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install go-xgettext using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install go-xgettext

Install go-xgettext on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install go-xgettext using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install go-xgettext

How To Uninstall go-xgettext on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the go-xgettext package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove go-xgettext

go-xgettext Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/go-xgettext
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/57f5c82ec8986e0d7b45cb5b847311087477f6
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/README.md
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/de_DE.utf8
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/de_DE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/de_DE.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/example.mo
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/de_DE.utf8/example.pot
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/es_MX.utf8
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/es_MX.utf8/LC_MESSAGES
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/es_MX.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/example.mo
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/es_MX.utf8/example.pot
/usr/share/doc/go-xgettext/_examples/gettext.go
/usr/share/licenses/go-xgettext
/usr/share/licenses/go-xgettext/LICENSE

References

go-xgettext website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install go-xgettext on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).