---
name: "Locale::Msgfmt"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblocale-msgfmt-perl"
version: "0.15-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Locale::Msgfmt"
---

# Locale::Msgfmt(3pm)

Compile .po files to .mo files

## NAME

Locale::Msgfmt - Compile .po files to .mo files

## SYNOPSIS

This module does the same thing as msgfmt from GNU gettext-tools, except this is pure Perl. The interface is best explained through examples:

```
  use Locale::Msgfmt;
  # Compile po/fr.po into po/fr.mo
  msgfmt({in => "po/fr.po", out => "po/fr.mo"});

  # Compile po/fr.po into po/fr.mo and include fuzzy translations
  msgfmt({in => "po/fr.po", out => "po/fr.mo", fuzzy => 1});

  # Compile all the .po files in the po directory, and write the .mo
  # files to the po directory
  msgfmt("po/");

  # Compile all the .po files in the po directory, and write the .mo
  # files to the po directory, and include fuzzy translations
  msgfmt({in => "po/", fuzzy => 1});

  # Compile all the .po files in the po directory, and write the .mo
  # files to the output directory, creating the output directory if
  # it doesn't already exist
  msgfmt({in => "po/", out => "output/"});

  # Compile all the .po files in the po directory, and write the .mo
  # files to the output directory, and include fuzzy translations
  msgfmt({in => "po/", out => "output/", fuzzy => 1});

  # Compile po/fr.po into po/fr.mo
  msgfmt("po/fr.po");

  # Compile po/fr.po into po/fr.mo and include fuzzy translations
  msgfmt({in => "po/fr.po", fuzzy => 1});
```

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Ryan Niebur, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.