%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 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 Installed programs info, infokey, install-info, makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex info info is used to read Info documents. Info documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just explaining all the flags. Compare for example man tar and info tar. infokey infokey compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a binary format. install-info install-info is used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index file. makeinfo makeinfo translates the given Texinfo source documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML. texi2dvi texi2dvi is used to format the given Texinfo document into a device-independent file that can be printed. texindex texindex is used to sort Texinfo index files.