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AMIA/vrecord: brew install gtkdialog "makeinfo" error

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:40 pm
by peter_b

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$ brew install gtkdialog
Outputs the following:
==> Downloading https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/g ... .4d.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /home/pb/.cache/Homebrew/downloads/9ad1b9aa93836cdde8a71070ff94b52c7c4d75777648ab8dc3bab09b9d35dd8e--gtkdialog-0.8.4d.tar.gz
==> Installing gtkdialog from amiaopensource/amiaos
==> ./autogen.sh
==> make
Last 15 lines from /home/pb/.cache/Homebrew/Logs/gtkdialog/02.make:
then \
rc=0; \
CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd .; \
else \
rc=$?; \
CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && \
$restore $backupdir/* `echo "./gtkdialog.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
fi; \
rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
/bin/bash: line 9: makeinfo: command not found
make[2]: *** [Makefile:338: gtkdialog.info] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/gtkdialog-20211006-98572-14uo1y6/gtkdialog-0.8.4d/doc'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:424: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/gtkdialog-20211006-98572-14uo1y6/gtkdialog-0.8.4d'
make: *** [Makefile:363: all] Error 2

If reporting this issue please do so at (not Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core):
https://github.com/amiaopensource/homeb ... aos/issues

The error says it can't find the "makeinfo" command, but it has been installed by the "texi2html" package.

[SOLUTION]
Seems the package "texinfo" was missing.

Related link:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/338 ... o-i-get-it