problems compiling polipo, makeinfo

[chaosdesigner]

Hey guys,

Im trying to install polipo and im having problems compiling it. I did 'make all' and got this error at the end:


makeinfo polipo.texi
make: makeinfo: Command not found
make: *** [polipo.info] Error 127


The same comes when i trie to make install:



user@workstation:~/Downloads/polipo-1.0.4$ sudo make install
makeinfo polipo.texi
make: makeinfo: Command not found
make: *** [polipo.info] Error 127


Any help on how to fix this? Im sure im just missing something obvious ...


thank you!

[inobe]

you can use apt to get the same exact version.

any reason why you are trying to compile from source ?

i will be more than glad to try it myself except for a good enough reason.

[chaosdesigner]

There is none, you are right. Thank you for the nudge :).

[inobe]

your welcome

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i originally thought a newer version was available at polipo's site and decided to check, i then made a comparison to one searching in synaptic to see if it was older, old applications tend to lack feature's so i assumed this is why you tried compiling from source considering it takes a bit long for newer applications to be added to ubuntu repositories.

always make comparisons

[chaosdesigner]

well you are right that was first the reason for me to get it from source. It did tell me on the page that it was apt-gettable but i wanted to make sure i got the newest. I downloaded it from the repository now and it is the same version. So worked out fine. Still wondering though why it didnt compile...

[enjoygo]

sudo apt-get install texinfo