%general-entities; ]> Texinfo Prepare Texinfo for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check. Install the package: make install Optionally install the components belonging in a TeX installation: make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex If ever you need to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file, run this: cd /usr/share/info rm dir for f in * do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null done See testing