Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version r12.4-18

Chapter 49. Extensible Markup Language (XML)

itstool-2.0.7

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).

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Package Information

Itstool Dependencies

Required

docbook-xml-4.5

Installation of itstool

First, fix some compatibility problems with Python-3.12 and later: 

sed -i 's/re.sub(/re.sub(r/'         itstool.in &&
sed -i 's/re.compile(/re.compile(r/' itstool.in

Install itstool by running the following commands: 

PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

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