Found a binary for gettext that seems to work (so far) via i-Installer v2 from http://tug.org/i-packages/ii2.ii2

Now I'm running into problems using

autoreconf -f -i -s

in the XaraLX directory ... I get

Copying file mkinstalldirs
Makefile.am:29: directory should not contain `/'
Makefile.am:29: directory should not contain `/'
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1

In short, I'm further along than I was, but stuck again.