From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
To: ian@manor-farm.org
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Problem Installing Info Files
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 06:19:02 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.01.1205230618130.15236@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FBCB7D9.2010602@wilkesley.net>
Try:
sudo make .install-info while in the org directory and see what happens.
On Wed, 23 May 2012, Ian Barton wrote:
> When I run make install I am getting the following error:
>
> make -C doc install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ian/Dropbox/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/doc'
> if [ ! -d ~/.emacs.d/src/info ]; then mkdir -p ~/.emacs.d/src/info; else true;
> fi ;
> install -p org ~/.emacs.d/src/info
> install-info --infodir=~/.emacs.d/src/info org
> ~/.emacs.d/src/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory) and could
> not create (No such file or directory)
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ian/Dropbox/.emacs.d/src/org-mode/doc'
> make: *** [install-doc] Error 2
>
>
> The ~/.emacs.d/src/info exists and is writable. The file
> /.emacs.d/src/org-mode/doc/org exists and looks like an info file. I have
> install-info installed.
>
> Running:
>
> install-info --infodir=~/.emacs.d/src/info org
>
> from the directory containing org gives the following error:
>
> ~/.emacs.d/src/info/dir: could not read (No such file or directory) and could
> not create (No such file or directory)
>
> However, the org info file is copied into the directory. So it appears to be a
> problem with install-info. I have now run out of ideas.
>
> Ian.
>
>
>
>
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Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-23 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-23 10:11 Problem Installing Info Files Ian Barton
2012-05-23 10:19 ` Jude DaShiell [this message]
2012-05-23 10:35 ` Ian Barton
2012-05-24 18:51 ` Achim Gratz
2012-05-23 10:35 ` suvayu ali
2012-05-23 13:31 ` Ian Barton
2012-05-23 22:29 ` Achim Gratz
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