What is autopoint? [closed]

Solution 1:

The autopoint program is part of GNU gettext, a set of tools for translating programs into different languages.

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and later, it can be installed with

apt-get install autopoint

as you rightly assumed. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, however, the autopoint program was part of a monolithic gettext package. So you should

apt-get install gettext

instead.

Solution 2:

To find where a package is, do this (example in 14.04).

1. Install apt-file:

   sudo apt-get install apt-file 
   sudo apt-file update 
   

2. Wait :-)

3. search for a file:

   apt-file search autopoint 
   

4. Results:

   autopoint: /usr/bin/autopoint
   autopoint: /usr/share/doc/autopoint/changelog.Debian.gz
   autopoint: /usr/share/doc/autopoint/copyright
   autopoint: /usr/share/man/man1/autopoint.1.gz
   engauge-digitizer-doc: /usr/share/doc/engauge-digitizer-doc/html/tutorautopointgraph.html
   [...more things...]
   ruby-ffi: /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/ffi/autopointer.rb
   

   So the package in this case seems to be autopoint.

5. In which repository is the package?

   apt-cache policy autopoint
   

   which says:

   autopoint:
     Installed: (none)
     Candidate: 0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3
     Version table:
        0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3 0
           500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
        0.18.3.1-1ubuntu2 0
           500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main i386 Packages
   

So it is in main; no need to add more repository (it could be /universe, /partner etc. which you have to enable).