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Can anyone help me with downgrading a texinfo package from version > 5 to 4.13? This version comes with ubuntu 13.04 or higher and I urgently need 4.13 version. I've found this .patch files but don't have any clue how to install/implement it.

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spaceman
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  • I will recommend to check this question http://askubuntu.com/questions/138284/how-to-downgrade-a-package-via-apt-get – Nischay Jul 03 '14 at 10:24
  • It's not difficult to compile and install texinfo. Use `configure` with a `--prefix`. That's what I did after a bit of head-bashing-on-the-wall for compiling GCC. – muru Jul 03 '14 at 11:15
  • Yeah, I've already tried via apt-get, but no luck. I'll try configure.. – spaceman Jul 03 '14 at 13:57

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The instructions for installing GNU Texinfo from the GNU Texinfo website worked for me on Ubuntu 14.04:

  1. Remove the current texinfo via apt-get (I'm not sure if this is required, but I did it just to be safe).

  2. Download the texinfo source:

    wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.13.tar.gz

  3. Extract the source files:

    gzip -dc < texinfo-4.13.tar.gz | tar -xf -
cd texinfo-4.13

  4. Configure, build and install:

    ./configure
make
sudo make install

On my computer I also had to install libncurses before I could successfully build texinfo.

karel
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RiaanDP
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  • IMO it's worth mentioning that `texi2dvi` doesn't seem to work on modern machines. At least i had an issue on my Ubuntu trusty. The problem is, that in that shell script `local` is used as a name for a function. Solution can be found [here](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=619786#5) – Anticom Aug 02 '16 at 14:31