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*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</screen></blockquote>
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<para>The missing msgfmt (from the gettext package which we will install
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-later in this chapter) is not fatal. The files msgfmt would create are
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-already pre-built, so you won't be missing out on anything. You would
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-only need it if you make changes to the Glibc internationalization (i18n)
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-files. Since we don't do this by default, we can safely ignore it.</para>
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+later in this chapter) won't cause any problems. msgfmt is used to generate
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+the binary translation files that are used to make your system talk in a
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+different language. Because these translation files have already been
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+generated for you, there is no need for msgfmt. You'd only need msgfmt if
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+you change the translation source files (the <filename>*.po</filename>
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+files in the <filename class="directory">po</filename> subdirectory) which\
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+would require you to re-generate the binary files.</para>
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</sect2>
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Gerard Beekmans