Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.8

Chapter 52. Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Itstool-2.0.2

Introduction to Itstool

Itstool extracts messages from XML files and outputs PO template files, then merges translations from MO files to create translated XML files. It determines what to translate and how to chunk it into messages using the W3C Internationalization Tag Set (ITS).

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.8 platform.

Package Information

Itstool Dependencies

Required

docbook-xml-4.5 and Python-2.7.10

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/itstool

Installation of Itstool

Install Itstool by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Program: itstool
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directory: /usr/share/itstool

Short Descriptions

itstool

is used to create translated XML files.

Last updated on 2015-09-09 21:58:46 -0700