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gettext-base - GNU Internationalization utilities for the base system

Overview
Dependencies
This package includes the gettext and ngettext programs which allow other packages to internationalize the messages given by shell scripts.
Original maintainer
Homepagehttps://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
0.19.8.1
Debian iconDebian 10.0
Debian iconDebian 9.0
MX Linux iconMX Linux mx16
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 17.10
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.10
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 19.04
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 19.10
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 20.04
0.19.7
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 16.04 LTS
DistributionVersionSincePackageInstalledPackager
Debian iconDebian 10.0 buster/maindeb0.19.8.1-92019-01-12120 kiB744 kiB
Debian iconDebian 9.0 stretch/maindeb0.19.8.1-2+deb9u12019-09-07119 kiB718 kiB
MX Linux iconMX Linux mx16 mx16/maindeb0.19.8.1-1mx15+12019-01-14121 kiB990 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 17.10 artful/maindeb0.19.8.1-4ubuntu12017-11-1048.2 kiB340 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.04 LTS bionic/maindeb0.19.8.1-62018-06-1248.8 kiB336 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-security/maindeb0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.32019-06-17110 kiB710 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/maindeb0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.32019-06-17110 kiB710 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.10 cosmic/maindeb0.19.8.1-82019-01-1448.9 kiB360 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.10 cosmic-security/maindeb0.19.8.1-8ubuntu0.12019-01-1449.1 kiB360 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 18.10 cosmic-updates/maindeb0.19.8.1-8ubuntu0.12019-01-1449.1 kiB360 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 19.04 disco/maindeb0.19.8.1-92019-01-1449 kiB360 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 19.10 eoan/maindeb0.19.8.1-92019-06-1749 kiB360 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 20.04 focal/maindeb0.19.8.1-102020-01-0749 kiB364 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/maindeb0.19.8.1-10build12020-03-2249.1 kiB364 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 16.04 LTS xenial/maindeb0.19.7-2ubuntu32017-11-1046.7 kiB340 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-security/maindeb0.19.7-2ubuntu3.12019-01-1246.8 kiB340 kiB
Ubuntu iconUbuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/maindeb0.19.7-2ubuntu3.12019-01-1246.8 kiB340 kiB

Manual pages

envsubst(1)

envsubst - substitutes environment variables in shell format strings

gettext(1)

gettext - translate message

ngettext(1)

ngettext - translate message and choose plural form

bindtextdomain(3)

bindtextdomain - set directory containing message catalogs

bind_textdomain_codeset(3)

bind_textdomain_codeset - set encoding of message translations

gettext(3)

gettext, dgettext, dcgettext - translate message

ngettext(3)

ngettext, dngettext, dcngettext - translate message and choose plural form

textdomain(3)

textdomain - set domain for future gettext() calls

Latest updates

Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 20.04 focal-proposed/main: Version 0.19.8.1-10build1 introduced

2020-03-22
  • No-change rebuild for libgcc-s1 package name change.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/main: Version 0.19.8.1-10 introduced

2020-01-07
  • Make short descriptions more consistent.
  • Use https for both Homepage and upstream URL in copyright file.
  • Really drop libgettextlib.so and libgettextsrc.so (this was already the intent but it was not working after the move to multiarch).
  • Use wildcards in lintian overrides (also multiarch).
  • Specify licenses for libasprintf (LGPL2.1+) and libgettextpo (GPL3+) in the copyright file.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 reintroduced

2019-10-02
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Invalid free
    • debian/patches/CVE-2018-18751.patch: fix in gettext-tools/src/po-gram-gen.y,
      gettext-tools/src/read-catalog.c,
      gettext-tools/tests/Makefile.am,
      gettext-tools/tests/xgettext-po-2.
  • CVE-2018-18751
  • Add bison as build-dep since gettext runs/needs yacc in build time
    • debian/control
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 removed

2019-10-02
Debian icon

Debian 9.0 stretch-proposed-updates/main: Version 0.19.8.1-2+deb9u1 removed

2019-09-07
Debian icon

Debian 9.0 stretch/main: Updated from 0.19.8.1-2 to 0.19.8.1-2+deb9u1

2019-09-07
  • Stop xgettext() from crashing when run with --its=FILE option. Patch taken from Debian 10, which in turn was extracted from upstream git. Should help the inkscape project. Closes: #891347. See https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/issues/271 for details.
Debian icon

Debian 9.0 stretch-proposed-updates/main: Version 0.19.8.1-2+deb9u1 introduced

2019-09-01
  • Stop xgettext() from crashing when run with --its=FILE option. Patch taken from Debian 10, which in turn was extracted from upstream git. Should help the inkscape project. Closes: #891347. See https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/issues/271 for details.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 0.19.8.1-9 reintroduced

2019-08-19
  • Fix double-free problem with *.po file input. Closes: #913173. Patch extracted from upstream git where it was fixed by Daiki Ueno. For reference, this is CVE-2018-18751.
  • Add bison to Build-Depends, required by the above.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 0.19.8.1-9 removed

2019-08-19
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 reintroduced

2019-08-15
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Invalid free
    • debian/patches/CVE-2018-18751.patch: fix in gettext-tools/src/po-gram-gen.y,
      gettext-tools/src/read-catalog.c,
      gettext-tools/tests/Makefile.am,
      gettext-tools/tests/xgettext-po-2.
  • CVE-2018-18751
  • Add bison as build-dep since gettext runs/needs yacc in build time
    • debian/control
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 removed

2019-08-15
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 0.19.8.1-9 reintroduced

2019-08-14
  • Fix double-free problem with *.po file input. Closes: #913173. Patch extracted from upstream git where it was fixed by Daiki Ueno. For reference, this is CVE-2018-18751.
  • Add bison to Build-Depends, required by the above.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 0.19.8.1-9 removed

2019-08-14
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/main: Version 0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.3 reintroduced

2019-08-14
  • Fix FTBFS with Java 11, by applying Java related patches from upstream git (gnulib). Thanks to Emmanuel Bourg <> for the report and Bruno Haible <> for the fix. Closes: #910246. LP: #1814133.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/main: Version 0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.3 removed

2019-08-14
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-security/main: Version 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 reintroduced

2019-08-02
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Invalid free
    • debian/patches/CVE-2018-18751.patch: fix in gettext-tools/src/po-gram-gen.y,
      gettext-tools/src/read-catalog.c,
      gettext-tools/tests/Makefile.am,
      gettext-tools/tests/xgettext-po-2.
  • CVE-2018-18751
  • Add bison as build-dep since gettext runs/needs yacc in build time
    • debian/control
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 0.19.8.1-9 reintroduced

2019-08-02
  • Fix double-free problem with *.po file input. Closes: #913173. Patch extracted from upstream git where it was fixed by Daiki Ueno. For reference, this is CVE-2018-18751.
  • Add bison to Build-Depends, required by the above.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/main: Version 0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.3 reintroduced

2019-08-02
  • Fix FTBFS with Java 11, by applying Java related patches from upstream git (gnulib). Thanks to Emmanuel Bourg <> for the report and Bruno Haible <> for the fix. Closes: #910246. LP: #1814133.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-security/main: Version 0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.3 reintroduced

2019-08-02
  • Fix FTBFS with Java 11, by applying Java related patches from upstream git (gnulib). Thanks to Emmanuel Bourg <> for the report and Bruno Haible <> for the fix. Closes: #910246. LP: #1814133.
Ubuntu icon

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Version 0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1 reintroduced

2019-08-02
  • SECURITY UPDATE: Invalid free
    • debian/patches/CVE-2018-18751.patch: fix in gettext-tools/src/po-gram-gen.y,
      gettext-tools/src/read-catalog.c,
      gettext-tools/tests/Makefile.am,
      gettext-tools/tests/xgettext-po-2.
  • CVE-2018-18751
  • Add bison as build-dep since gettext runs/needs yacc in build time
    • debian/control

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