giantpinkrobots/varia

data/meson.build:1:20: ERROR: Program 'msgfmt' not found or not executable

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denisgolius commented 
meson setup builddir
The Meson build system
Version: 1.3.1
Source dir: /tmp/varia
Build dir: /tmp/varia/builddir
Build type: native build
Project name: varia
Project version: v2024.1.26
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Program msgfmt found: NO

data/meson.build:1:20: ERROR: Program 'msgfmt' not found or not executable

Another day - another bug...

cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Pop
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS"
NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="22.04 LTS"
ID=pop
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
HOME_URL="https://pop.system76.com"
SUPPORT_URL="https://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
LOGO=distributor-logo-pop-os
uname -a
Linux pop-os 6.6.10-76060610-generic #202401051437~1704728131~22.04~24d69e2 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon J x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
giantpinkrobots commented

Hi, can you install gettext like this?

sudo apt-get install gettext

denisgolius commented

Hi, can you install gettext like this?

sudo apt-get install gettext

yep, installation of gettext has fixed the issue with msgfmt, thank you

giantpinkrobots commented

Alright, I am adding that to the requirements bit on the README.