info: stand-alone Info documentation reader¶

Description¶

GNU Info is the stand-alone “info” reader that is part of the GNU Texinfo suite of tools. Several packages (Maxima, Singular, …) install documentation in “info” format, which can be read either with Emacs, the stand-alone “info” reader, and some other software. In particular, the interactive help system of singular_console() uses the info program in environments in which a web browser is not available; if info is not installed, it falls back to a basic pager with limited capabilities.

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/info-stnd/info-stnd.html

License¶

GPL-3+ (info/*.c comments in the source repository)

Type¶

standard

Dependencies¶

Version Information¶

package-version.txt:

7.0.3

Equivalent System Packages¶

conda-forge

$ conda install texinfo

Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install texinfo

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

$ sudo yum install texinfo info

Gentoo Linux

$ sudo emerge sys-apps/texinfo

Homebrew

$ brew install texinfo

MacPorts

$ sudo port install texinfo

Nixpkgs

$ nix-env --install texinfo

openSUSE

$ sudo zypper install texinfo

Void Linux

$ sudo xbps-install texinfo

See https://repology.org/project/texinfo/versions

If the system package is installed, ./configure will check if it can be used.