Django 1.3.1 compilemessages. Error: sh: msgfmt: command not found

Question

./manage.py compilemessages  

throws this error:

sh: msgfmt: command not found 

I am running Mac OS 10.7, and I can't find the download path for the msgfmt program. Is there any way to resolve this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[update] TLDR; as Dogukan commented: Mac OS Maverics brew install gettext; brew link gettext --force worked for me.

[update] user Lajarre reported: as of today (March 2014), I had to do brew install msgpack.

You need GNU gettext and gettext-tools.

If you use fink, try:

sudo fink install gettext-tools 

You may need to add /sw/bin/ to your PATH if it is not there yet.

If you don't use fink, try brew:

brew install gettext brew link gettext 

[update] removed sudo call from the brew example as suggested by Dave and Jason.