error trying to install pidgin

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 23, 2008, at 20:45, Darmis Hoskins wrote:

> ./configure: line 20015: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT: command not found
> configure: error:
>
> The msgfmt command is required to build libpurple.  If it is installed
> on your system, ensure that it is in your path.  If it is not, install
> GNU gettext to continue.
>
> If you have msgfmt installed, but for some reason this error message
> is still displayed, you have encountered what appears to be a bug in
> third-party configure macros.  Try setting the MSGFMT environment
> variable to the absolute path to your msgfmt binary and trying
> configure again, like this:
>
> MSGFMT=/path/to/msgfmt ./configure ...
>
> make: *** [config.status] Error 1
>
> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

See this ticket:

http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16760