Info file emacs does not exist

Info file emacs does not exist

[Clemens Schueller]

Hello!

I compiled my emacs from git sources:


But when i type C-h r, emacs says

_Info file emacs does not exist_



How can I fix this problem?

Greetings and TIA
-- 
Clemens Schueller

Re: Info file emacs does not exist

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Clemens Schueller <schuelli@yline.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:58:12 +0200
> 
> I compiled my emacs from git sources:
> 
> 
> But when i type C-h r, emacs says
> 
> _Info file emacs does not exist_
> 
> 
> 
> How can I fix this problem?

I have no idea: this works for me with the current trunk.  The git
repository lags behind, so perhaps updating to a later trunk revision
might help.  Or maybe this is something related to how your system is
set up.  Try stepping with Edebug through info-emacs-manual command,
or maybe look at pertinent environments variables, such as INFOPATH.

Re: Info file emacs does not exist

[Mark Skilbeck]

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 01:58:12AM +0200, Clemens Schueller wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I compiled my emacs from git sources:
> 
> 
> But when i type C-h r, emacs says
> 
> _Info file emacs does not exist_
> 
> 
> 
> How can I fix this problem?
> 
> Greetings and TIA

Olá!

Are you compiling fom source? It looks like you'll need the "makeinfo"
and perhaps the "install-info" binaries on your system. Install these,
then in your emacs source directory,
  1. make info

If all here goes well (there ought to be an ./info directory full of
info files), you can go through the build steps again after doing a 
  make distclean
and you should be good to go!

If you installed Almighty Emacs through a package manager, shame on
your package manager! Be brave, and compile from source.

- mgsk.

Re: Info file emacs does not exist

[Clemens Schueller]

Hello!

Mark Skilbeck wrote on 26.10.2012 at 11:45:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 01:58:12AM +0200, Clemens Schueller wrote:


>> I compiled my emacs from git sources:
>> 
>> 
>> But when i type C-h r, emacs says
>> 
>> _Info file emacs does not exist_
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> How can I fix this problem?
>> 
>> Greetings and TIA
>
> Olá!
>
> Are you compiling fom source? It looks like you'll need the "makeinfo"
> and perhaps the "install-info" binaries on your system. Install these,
> then in your emacs source directory,
>   1. make info

makeinfo is installed on my system


> If all here goes well (there ought to be an ./info directory full of
> info files), you can go through the build steps again after doing a 
>   make distclean
> and you should be good to go!
>
> If you installed Almighty Emacs through a package manager, shame on
> your package manager! Be brave, and compile from source.


Its not the fault from my packagemanager (as i wrote, i compile my emacs
from git sources). The problem was, that my INFOPATH variable was not
correct. My emacs is installed under /opt/emacs, so the
/opt/emacs/share/info directory was not listed under the INFOPATH
variable.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
[mente@commander: ~]% grep INFOPATH /etc/profile.env
export INFOPATH='/usr/share/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.6.3/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.22/info:/opt/emacs/share/info'
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

That was the right solution.


Greetings
-- 
Clemens Schueller

Re: Info file emacs does not exist

[Clemens Schueller]

Hello!

Eli Zaretskii wrote on 26.10.2012 at 11:36:
>> From: Clemens Schueller <schuelli@yline.com>
>> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:58:12 +0200

 
>> I compiled my emacs from git sources:
>> 
>> 
>> But when i type C-h r, emacs says
>> 
>> _Info file emacs does not exist_
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> How can I fix this problem?
>
> I have no idea: this works for me with the current trunk.  The git
> repository lags behind, so perhaps updating to a later trunk revision
> might help.  Or maybe this is something related to how your system is
> set up.  Try stepping with Edebug through info-emacs-manual command,
> or maybe look at pertinent environments variables, such as INFOPATH.
>

The INFOPATH variable was the problem - see my reply to Marks Posting.


Greetings and Thanks
-- 
Clemens Schueller