Texinfo

Official Download Location

Texinfo (4.1):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/

Contents of texinfo-4.0

Program Files

info, install-info, makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex

Descriptions

info

The info program reads Info documents, usually contained in the /usr/share/info directory. Info documents are like man(ual) pages, but they tend to be more in depth than just explaining the options to a program.

install-info

The install-info program updates the info entries. When the info program is run a list with available topics (ie: available info documents) will be presented. The install-info program is used to maintain this list of available topics. If info files are removed manually, it is also necessary to delete the topic in the index file as well. This program is used for that. It also works the other way around when info documents are added.

makeinfo

The makeinfo program translates Texinfo source documents into various formats. Available formats are: info files, plain text and HTML.

texi2dvi

The texi2dvi program prints Texinfo documents

texindex

The texindex program is used to sort Texinfo index files.

Dependencies

Texinfo-4.0 needs the following to be installed:


bash: sh
binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
diffutils: cmp
fileutils: chmod, install, ln, ls, mkdir, mv, rm
gcc: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
make: make
sed: sed
sh-utils: basename, echo, expr, hostname, sleep
texinfo: makeinfo
textutils: cat, tr