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# Texinfo

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Texinfo-4.6 in Chapter 6.

## Official Download Location

Texinfo (4.6):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/

## Contents of Texinfo

(Last checked against version 4.2.)

The Texinfo package contains programs used for reading, writing and converting Info documents, which provide system documentation.

Texinfo installs the following:

### Program Files

info, infokey, install-info, makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex

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## Descriptions

(Last checked against version 4.2.)

### Program file 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 go deeper than just explaining the options to a program.

#### infokey

infokey compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a binary format.

#### 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, you must also delete the topic in the index file. 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.

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## Texinfo Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 4.0.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: ar, as, ld, ranlib
Coreutils: basename, cat, chmod, echo, expr, hostname, install, ln, ls,
mkdir, mv, rm, sleep, tr
Diffutils: cmp
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, fgrep, grep
Make: make
Sed: sed
Texinfo: makeinfo

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