1<HTML> 2<HEAD> 3<!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.52b 4 from gettext.texi on 29 December 2011 --> 5 6<META HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> 7<TITLE>GNU gettext utilities - 14 The Installer's and Distributor's View</TITLE> 8</HEAD> 9<BODY> 10Go to the <A HREF="gettext_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gettext_13.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gettext_15.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gettext_25.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gettext_toc.html">table of contents</A>. 11<P><HR><P> 12 13 14<H1><A NAME="SEC243" HREF="gettext_toc.html#TOC243">14 The Installer's and Distributor's View</A></H1> 15<P> 16<A NAME="IDX1129"></A> 17<A NAME="IDX1130"></A> 18<A NAME="IDX1131"></A> 19<A NAME="IDX1132"></A> 20 21</P> 22<P> 23By default, packages fully using GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE>, internally, 24are installed in such a way that they to allow translation of 25messages. At <EM>configuration</EM> time, those packages should 26automatically detect whether the underlying host system already provides 27the GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE> functions. If not, 28the GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE> library should be automatically prepared 29and used. Installers may use special options at configuration 30time for changing this behavior. The command <SAMP>‘./configure 31--with-included-gettext’</SAMP> bypasses system <CODE>gettext</CODE> to 32use the included GNU <CODE>gettext</CODE> instead, 33while <SAMP>‘./configure --disable-nls’</SAMP> 34produces programs totally unable to translate messages. 35 36</P> 37<P> 38<A NAME="IDX1133"></A> 39Internationalized packages have usually many <TT>‘<VAR>ll</VAR>.po’</TT> 40files. Unless 41translations are disabled, all those available are installed together 42with the package. However, the environment variable <CODE>LINGUAS</CODE> 43may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set. 44<CODE>LINGUAS</CODE> should then contain a space separated list of two-letter 45codes, stating which languages are allowed. 46 47</P> 48<P><HR><P> 49Go to the <A HREF="gettext_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gettext_13.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gettext_15.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gettext_25.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gettext_toc.html">table of contents</A>. 50</BODY> 51</HTML> 52