PootleConfiguration

A small brain dump about how to install Pootle on Windows.

Pootle installation guide

Necessary downloads (URLs different from installation guide)

http://www.python.org/download/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtoolkit

http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.5/s/setuptools/

Download and install 6c6. Disregard notes on patching kid in the installation guide.

Not mentioned on setup page - you need lxml:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/

PootleServer Startup Options

http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/startup_options

Pootle Preferences

C:\Pootle\Python25\Lib\site-packages\Pootle - location of .prefs files

Administration

http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/permissions

What It Doesn't Do

• Allow editing of "main language" not there
• No merge "main language" strings to translated languages (same goes for delete)
• No dirty flags when main language string changes

What I Don't Like

• It hosts itself with its own Web server
• Rather old unmaintained dependencies
• No Web Service interface that we could program against