Re: can't update makeinfo from 5.1

[David Nalesnik]

On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:12 AM Werner LEMBERG  wrote:
>
>
> > When I run configure, an error is returned saying that makeinfo is
> > too old (5,2).  When I run sudo apt-get install texinfo, I'm told
> > that I have the latest version.  makeinfo --version still returns
> > 5.2.
>
> Ouch.  `makeinfo` is part of texinfo.  Version 5.2 was published
> September 2013!
>
> The current version is 6.6, published February 2019.
>
> So please either use an add-on repository for your GNU/Linux
> distribution to get a newer texinfo version, or install it directly
> from the tarball.
>

Will try and report back.

Thanks!

Re: can't update makeinfo from 5.1

[Werner LEMBERG]

> When I run configure, an error is returned saying that makeinfo is
> too old (5,2).  When I run sudo apt-get install texinfo, I'm told
> that I have the latest version.  makeinfo --version still returns
> 5.2.

Ouch.  `makeinfo` is part of texinfo.  Version 5.2 was published
September 2013!

The current version is 6.6, published February 2019.

So please either use an add-on repository for your GNU/Linux
distribution to get a newer texinfo version, or install it directly
from the tarball.


Werner

can't update makeinfo from 5.1

[David Nalesnik]

Hi all,

I've been out of the loop for a while, and recently decided to finish
work on a patch I had put off.  When I run configure, an error is
returned saying that makeinfo is too old (5,2).  When I run sudo
apt-get install texinfo, I'm told that I have the latest version.
makeinfo --version still returns 5.2.

I realize that there is a thread devoted to this topic.  However, I
find that I will need a little more guidance.

In ~/,bashrc, I find

# This is useful when installing the LilyPond binary
if [ -d $HOME/bin ]; then
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

Is this what needs altering?

Thanks, and sorry for what must be a basic question

Best,
David