Information about the package, gettext, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gettext package is designed for, GNU libraries and utilities for producing multi-lingual messages.
Package Name:
gettext
Summary:
GNU libraries and utilities for producing multi-lingual messages
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.17
Release:
18.el6
Size:
6.1 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv3 and LGPLv2+
Control the gettext package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gettext
This command will install gettext on the server.
yum remove gettext
This command will un-install gettext on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gettext, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gettext
This command will un-install gettext on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gettext when using the -y flag.
yum update gettext
This command will update gettext to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gettext, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gettext
This command will update gettext to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gettext when using the -y flag.
yum info gettext
This command will show you core information about the gettext package.
yum deplist gettext
This command will show you the dependencies for gettext. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gettext
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gettext. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.