Internationalisation Django (on OSX)

Question

I\'m trying to get gettext to work in Django on my OSX Leopard

django_manage.py makemessages -l nl
Importing Django settings module settings
processing langu         


        

Answer 1

Forcing brew link may result in negative consequences. It's better to modify virtual environment's PATH instead of force-linking. So,

1. Install GNU gettext:

   brew install gettext
   

2. Add it to your virtual environment:

   # Get this from the brew's "Summary"
   GETTEXT_PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.19.8.1/bin" 
   
   # Change "postactivate" to "activate" if you're using python3's venv
   FILE="YOUR_VENV/bin/postactivate"   
   
   echo "" >> $FILE
   echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$GETTEXT_PATH" >> $FILE