xgettext.pl command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

xgettext.pl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xgettext.pl: command not found

Solutions to xgettext.pl: command not found

How To Fix xgettext.pl: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xgettext.pl is provided by liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl package.

liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl is:

Locale::Maketext::Lexicon is a Perl module that extends Locale::Maketext with lexicon-handling modules to read from other localization formats, including gettext, msgcat, and more. It can read from databases, PO files or MO files.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl.

sudo apt -y install liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install liblocale-maketext-lexicon-perl

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xgettext.pl command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.