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# info: stand-alone Info documentation reader

## Description

GNU Info is the stand-alone “info” reader that is part of the GNU Texinfo suite of tools. Several packages (Maxima, Singular, …) install documentation in “info” format, which can be read either with Emacs, the stand-alone “info” reader, and some other software. In particular, the interactive help system of `singular_console()` uses the `info` program in environments in which a web browser is not available; if `info` is not installed, it falls back to a basic pager with limited capabilities.

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/info-stnd/info-stnd.html

## License

GPL-3+ (`info/*.c` comments in the source repository)

## Type

standard

## Dependencies

- ncurses: Classic terminal output library

- xz: General-purpose data compression software

## Version Information

package-version.txt:

    7.2

## Equivalent System Packages

conda-forge

    $ conda install texinfo

Debian/Ubuntu

    $ sudo apt-get install texinfo

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

    $ sudo dnf install texinfo info

Gentoo Linux

    $ sudo emerge sys-apps/texinfo

Homebrew

    $ brew install texinfo

MacPorts

    $ sudo port install texinfo

Nixpkgs

    $ nix-env --install texinfo

openSUSE

    $ sudo zypper install texinfo

Void Linux

    $ sudo xbps-install texinfo

See https://repology.org/project/texinfo/versions

If the system package is installed, `./configure` will check if it can be used.