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## NAME
       gettextize - install or upgrade gettext infrastructure

## SYNOPSIS
       **gettextize** [_OPTION_]... [_package-dir_]

## DESCRIPTION
       Prepares a source package to use gettext.

## OPTIONS
       **--help** print this help and exit

### --version
              print version information and exit

### -f --force
              force writing of new files even if old exist

       **--po-dir**=_DIR_
              specify directory with PO files

### --no-changelog
              don't update or create ChangeLog files

### --symlink
              make symbolic links instead of copying files

### -n --dry-run
              print modifications but don't perform them

## AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper

## REPORTING BUGS
       Report  bugs in the bug tracker at <<https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>> or by email to
       <<bug-gettext@gnu.org>>.

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL  version  3  or
       later <<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for **gettextize** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If  the  **info**  and
       **gettextize** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              **info** **gettextize**

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU gettext-tools 0.21                       March 2022                                [GETTEXTIZE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GETTEXTIZE/1/markdown)