Installing Texinfo-&texinfo-version;
Estimated build time: &texinfo-time;
Estimated required disk space: &texinfo-compsize;
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Installation of Texinfo
Prepare Texinfo for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr
Compile the package:
make
This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
following command will do so:
make check
Install the package:
make install
And optionally install the components belonging in a TeX installation:
make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex
The meaning of the make parameter:
TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf: The TEXMF
makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for
example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.
The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of
menu entries. The file is located at /usr/share/info/dir.
Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages,
it can sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals actually installed on the
system. If ever you need to recreate the
/usr/share/info/dir file, the following optional commands
will accomplish the task:
cd /usr/share/info
rm dir
for f in *
do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null
done