makeinfo install

Sruthy_Subash · 09-13-2018, 07:38 AM

Hi,
I am trying to install some packages in Ubuntu 14.04 .But it says unable to locate the package.
I tried " sudo apt-get update " and then "sudo apt-get install makeinfo"

Result:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package makeinfo

I tried the following also

sudo apt-get install texinfo

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libperl5.18 : Depends: perl-base (= 5.18.2-2ubuntu1) but 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.6 is to be installed
libxml-libxml-perl : Depends: libxml-namespacesupport-perl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxml-sax-perl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

please help me with this. (version: 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP)

pan64 · 09-13-2018, 08:05 AM

so do what was suggested: apt-get -f install
also try ubuntu package search to find that package (makeinfo)

hydrurga · 09-13-2018, 08:27 AM

You should also check that your software sources are correct:

Code:

inxi -r

ondoho · 09-13-2018, 01:36 PM

Code:

apt search makeinfo
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
texi2html/stable 1.82+dfsg1-5 all
  Convert Texinfo files to HTML

note that the package is not "makeinfo".

Sruthy_Subash · 09-13-2018, 10:22 PM

Thank you for your replies.

When I tried apt-get -f install the result is,

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?

pan64 · 09-14-2018, 01:45 AM

are you root?

knudfl · 09-14-2018, 06:48 AM

/usr/bin/makeinfo is provided by the package texinfo
https://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/a...xinfo/filelist
. https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/a...xinfo/filelist

$ sudo apt-get install texinfo

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