Compiler error - msgfmt command not found

Question

I am trying to upgrade Git from my shared hosting. To do this, I follow these steps:

1. Download the latest version of Git
2. Unzip and put it on the server
3. Configure and create a Makefile -> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/dev/git/src --without-tcltk
4. Build the package -> make then make install
5. Update PATH.bash_profile

I am stuck in step 4. When I run the make , I get the following:

 user@ssh1:~/dev/git/src$ make SUBDIR gitweb SUBDIR ../ make[2]: ? GIT-VERSION-FILE ? est ? jour. GEN git-instaweb SUBDIR perl SUBDIR git_remote_helpers SUBDIR templates MSGFMT po/build/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo /bin/sh: msgfmt: command not found make: *** [po/build/locale/is/LC_MESSAGES/git.mo] Erreur 127 

The compiler throws an msgfmt command not found error.

I googled it and it seems to be related to the gettext package.

Any ideas how to fix this error on shared hosting?

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Thanks to your work on detecting it was related to gettext, a simple apt-get install gettext fixed it for me.

Answer 2

When building Git using Xcode (using the Makefile) I had to define NO_GETTEXT = YesPlease in the Makefile to solve this problem.

Answer 3

msgfmt included in the gettext-devel cygwin package. Install this (via setup.exe or apt-cyg ) and the error should go away.

Answer 4

 make -i make -i install 

.. worked flawlessly for this problem. In addition, if anyone has problems with the http / https helper, be sure to add the following during setup:

 ./configure --with-curl --with-expat 

Answer 5

In cygwin, you also need to install the gettext-devel package. One gettext package is not enough to solve this problem.

Answer 6

You can install gettext just like you install git. By downloading, unpacking, compiling and installing it in a specific place in your home folder:

 curl -O https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.20.1.tar.gz tar xvf gettext-0.20.1.tar.gz cd gettext-0.20.1/ ./configure --prefix=/home/$HOME/opt make make install 

Set the prefix to the place you want to install.

Answer 7

xgettext , msgfmt , etc. belong to GNU gettext toolset. On macOS, you can use the port MacPort command to install these tools on your system:

 port install gettext 

Answer 8

Try adding -i to the make command.

> make -i ...