%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 the TeX tree if, for example, a TeX package will be installed later. 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 installed on the system. If the /usr/share/info/dir file ever needs to be recreated, 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 Short descriptions info used to read Info documents. Info documents are similar to man pages, but often go much deeper than just explaining all the command line options. Compare for example man bison and info bison. info infokey compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a binary format. infokey install-info used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index file. install-info makeinfo translates the given Texinfo source documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML. makeinfo texi2dvi used to format the given Texinfo document into a device-independent file that can be printed. texi2dvi texindex used to sort Texinfo index files. texindex