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:
6.8
Equivalent System Packages#
$ conda install texinfo
$ apt-cyg install info
$ sudo apt-get install texinfo
$ sudo yum install texinfo info
$ sudo emerge sys-apps/texinfo
$ brew install texinfo
$ sudo port install texinfo
$ nix-env --install texinfo
$ sudo zypper install texinfo
$ 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.