Prepare Gettext to be compiled: ./configure --prefix=/tools Compile the programs: make This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of checks to ensure it built correctly. However, the Gettext test suite here in Chapter 5 is known to cause problems if for instance it finds a Java compiler on the host. It also takes a very long time to run and is considered not critical to the success of the overall build. We therefore recommend not to run it here. Should you choose to run it, the following command will do so: make check And install the package: make install