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Dan Bensen wrote:
> Sam Peterson wrote:
> > The dir file has to have entries pointing to 'em.  You need to use the
> > install-info command for this.  sudo install-info <filename> <dir
> > file> is the typical incantation on Unix systems.
>
> I don't seem to have it.
>
> root[ocaml]# which install-info
> which: no install-info in
> (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin)

As well as getting the TexInfo package from somewhere you might want to
check your system is OK.  Mostly install-info is part of the base
install of a GNU/Linux distro since it's often automatically triggered
after installation of a package to update the dir file.