GNU gettext utilities: 14. The Installer's and Distributor's View

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# 14. The Installer's and Distributor's View

By default, packages fully using GNU `gettext`, internally, are installed in such a way as to allow translation of messages. At configuration time, those packages should automatically detect whether the underlying host system already provides the GNU `gettext` functions. If not, the GNU `gettext` library should be automatically prepared and used. Installers may use special options at configuration time for changing this behavior. The command ‘`./configure --with-included-gettext`’ bypasses system `gettext` to use the included GNU `gettext` instead, while ‘`./configure --disable-nls`’ produces programs totally unable to translate messages.

Internationalized packages have usually many ‘`ll.po`’ files. Unless translations are disabled, all those available are installed together with the package. However, the environment variable `LINGUAS` may be set, prior to configuration, to limit the installed set. `LINGUAS` should then contain a space separated list of two-letter codes, stating which languages are allowed.

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