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23 By default, packages fully using GNU
<CODE>gettext
</CODE>, internally,
24 are installed in such a way that they to allow translation of
25 messages. At
<EM>configuration
</EM> time, those packages should
26 automatically detect whether the underlying host system already provides
27 the GNU
<CODE>gettext
</CODE> functions. If not,
28 the GNU
<CODE>gettext
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29 and used. Installers may use special options at configuration
30 time for changing this behavior. The command
<SAMP>‘./configure
31 --with-included-gettext
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<CODE>gettext
</CODE> to
32 use the included GNU
<CODE>gettext
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34 produces programs totally unable to translate messages.
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39 Internationalized packages have usually many
<TT>‘<VAR>ll
</VAR>.po
’</TT>
41 translations are disabled, all those available are installed together
42 with the package. However, the environment variable
<CODE>LINGUAS
</CODE>
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