makeinfo command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

makeinfo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: makeinfo: command not found

Solutions to makeinfo: command not found

How To Fix makeinfo: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu makeinfo is provided by texinfo package.

texinfo is:

Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both on-line information and printed output.

Using Texinfo, you can create a printed document with the normal features of a book, including chapters, sections, cross references, and indices. From the same Texinfo source file, you can create a menu-driven, on-line Info file with nodes, menus, cross references, and indices.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install texinfo

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install texinfo.

sudo apt -y install texinfo

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install texinfo

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix makeinfo command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.