Compiler error - msgfmt command not found

git compiler-errors gettext shared-hosting msgfmt
John picture John · Feb 29, 2012 · Viewed 78.2k times · Source

I'm trying to update Git from my shared hosting. For that I'm following these steps:

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

I'm stuck at point 4. When I run the make command, 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

Compiler throws a msgfmt command not found error.

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

Any idea how to fix that error on a shared hosting?

Answer

Bob F. picture Bob F. · Mar 15, 2012

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

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