gettext-iconv-windows
gettext tools and iconv binaries for Windows.
Ready-to-use binaries
If you don't want to waste your time or if you don't know much about compiling and virtual machines, see mlocati.github.io/articles/gettext-iconv-windows.html.
Building with Docker
You can build the gettext/iconv binaries with Docker.
Simply clone this repository, open a terminal and run this command:
- Linux/Mac:
docker run --rm -it -v "$PWD:/app mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows:latest" /app/compile-iconv-gettext-windows.sh - Windows (cmd)
docker run --rm -it -v "%CD%:/app" mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows:latest /app/compile-iconv-gettext-windows.sh - Windows (PowerShell)
docker run --rm -it -v "$((Get-Location).Path):/app" mlocati/gettext-iconv-windows:latest /app/compile-iconv-gettext-windows.sh
To compile all the versions (shared and static, 32 and 64 bits), you can use the compile-iconv-gettext-windows-all.sh script.
Building with a virtual machine or Ubuntu
The build script has been written for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Get the *.sh files and the patches directory (they must reside in the same directory).
Run the compile-iconv-gettext-windows.sh script to build the Windows binary files.
Checking the compiled files
This requires a Windows PC.
- make sure the compiled files are in the directory
compiled\<shared|static>-<32|64> - launch the
check-dependencies.vbsscript (cscript //Nologo check-dependencies.vbs) - launch the
build-setup.vbsscript (cscript //Nologo build-setup.vbs)
Creating the setup files
This requires a Windows PC with Inno Setup installed (I used version 5.5.9-unicode).
If you want to build a setup to install these executables and automatically add them to the environmental path:
- make sure the compiled files are in the directory
compiled\<shared|static>-<32|64> - launch the
build-setup.vbsscript
Credits
The patch that adds support to the GETTEXTIOENCODING environmental variable was created by Václav Slavík.
Do you want to really say thank you?
You can offer me a monthly coffee or a one-time coffee