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title: Install stringsutil on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of stringsutil for Linux - Apple ".strings" file
  localization utility.
url: https://snapcraft.io/stringsutil
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# stringsutil

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latest/stable 1.2

Install latest/stable of stringsutil

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install stringsutil
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* stringsutil

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 19 December 2025 - latest/stable
* 8 September 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [www.msweet.org](https://www.msweet.org/stringsutil "https://www.msweet.org/stringsutil")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/stringsutil#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/stringsutil#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/stringsutil#tab-security)

#### Apple ".strings" file localization utility.

StringsUtil provides a library for using Apple ".strings" localization files and a utility for managing those files. It is intended as a free, smaller, embeddable, and more flexible alternative to GNU gettext. Key features include:

* Support for localizing using both Apple ".strings" and GNU gettext ".po" files.
* Simple C/C++ library with support for embedding localization data in an executable and/or loading localizations from external files.
* Tools for exporting, importing, and merging localization files.
* Tool for reporting on the quality of a localization.
* Tool for scanning C/C++ source files for localization strings.
* Tool for doing a first pass machine translation.

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## Install stringsutil on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/stringsutil/raspbian)