xgettext command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xgettext command not found error message

Introduction

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

xgettext: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xgettext: command not found

In Ubuntu xgettext is provided by gettext package.

gettext is:

Interesting for authors or maintainers of other packages or programs which they want to see internationalized.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gettext

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

You can also use apt command to install gettext.

sudo apt -y install gettext

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

sudo aptitude install gettext

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