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Old 04-03-2008, 03:23 AM   #1
mo.allen
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yum install fails - msgmerge: command not found


Hi there,

I am trying to install yum, but it fails after I put the make command in.

The details are shown below.

Thanks for your help with this

Mo

[root@160 yum-2.0.7]# make
for subdir in bin etc docs po ; do \
make -C $subdir ; \
done
make[1]: Entering directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/bin'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/bin'
make[1]: Entering directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/etc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/etc'
make[1]: Entering directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/docs'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/docs'
make[1]: Entering directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/po'
for cat in cs.po es.po ru.po uk.po; do \
lang=`basename $cat .po`; \
if msgmerge -v $lang.po yum.pot > $lang.pot ; then \
mv -f $lang.pot $lang.po ; \
echo "msgmerge -v of $lang succeeded" ; \
else \
echo "msgmerge -v of $lang failed" ; \
rm -f $lang.pot ; \
fi \
done
/bin/sh: line 2: msgmerge: command not found
msgmerge -v of cs failed
/bin/sh: line 2: msgmerge: command not found
msgmerge -v of es failed
/bin/sh: line 2: msgmerge: command not found
msgmerge -v of ru failed
/bin/sh: line 2: msgmerge: command not found
msgmerge -v of uk failed
msgfmt --statistics --verbose -o cs.mo cs.po
make[1]: msgfmt: Command not found
make[1]: *** [cs.mo] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/setups/yum-2.0.7/po'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[root@160 yum-2.0.7]#
[root@160 yum-2.0.7]# yum
-bash: yum: command not found
[root@160 yum-2.0.7]# which yum
/usr/bin/which: no yum in (//sbin://bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin)
 
Old 04-03-2008, 03:36 AM   #2
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Quote:
/bin/sh: line 2: msgmerge: command not found
make[1]: msgfmt: Command not found
The commands msgmerge and msgfmt are provided by the package gettext. You have to install it before compiling.
 
Old 01-28-2011, 12:28 PM   #3
lesmoore1010
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Question Help me please

Can anyone help me with commands to install this package gettext?

Here are the details of my server:
Code:
Python 2.4.3
GCC 4.1.1 20060928 (Red Hat 4.1.1-28) on linux2
I have a x86_64 processor.

Thanks.
 
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Old 04-02-2012, 01:38 PM   #4
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Code:
yum -y install gettext
worked for me

lets see if my application runs now
 
  


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