What is makeinfo, and how do I get it?

Question

I\'m trying to build GNU grep, and when I run make, I get:

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/bin/bash: line 9: makeinfo: command not found

What is makeinfo, and how do I

Answer 1

Another option is to use apt-file (i.e. apt-file search makeinfo). It may or may not be installed in your distro by default, but it is a great tool for determining what package a file belongs to.