| 1 | <sect1 id="ch-system-texinfo" xreflabel="Texinfo">
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| 2 | <title>Installing Texinfo-&texinfo-version;</title>
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| 3 | <?dbhtml filename="texinfo.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and
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| 6 | converting Info documents.</para>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <screen>&buildtime; &texinfo-time;
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| 9 | &diskspace; &texinfo-compsize;</screen>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | &aa-texinfo-down;
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| 12 | &aa-texinfo-dep;
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect2>
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| 17 | <title>Installation of Texinfo</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
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| 28 | checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
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| 29 | following command will do so:</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <para>And optionally install the components belonging in a TeX installation:</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <screen><userinput>make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex</userinput></screen>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <itemizedlist>
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| 44 | <listitem><para><userinput>TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf</userinput>: The TEXMF
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| 45 | makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for
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| 46 | example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.</para></listitem>
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| 47 | </itemizedlist>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of
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| 50 | menu entries. The file is located at <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>.
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| 51 | Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages,
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| 52 | it can sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals actually installed on the
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| 53 | system. If ever you need to recreate the
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| 54 | <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, the following optional commands
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| 55 | will accomplish the task:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info
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| 58 | rm dir
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| 59 | for f in *
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| 60 | do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null
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| 61 | done</userinput></screen>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | </sect2>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | &aa-texinfo-shortdesc;
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| 66 | &aa-texinfo-desc;
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| 67 |
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| 68 | </sect1>
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| 69 |
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