What is makeinfo, and how do I get it?

Question

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

[snip]
/bin/bash: line 9: makeinfo: command not found

What is makeinfo, and how do I get it?

(This is Ubuntu, if it makes a difference)

Answer 1

By running a quick search on Google about makeinfo and how you can get it on Ubuntu.

Answer 2

Here is a description of makeinfo. I suggest you use yum so it can detect dependencies like this and download the files automatically.

Answer 3

In (at least) Ubuntu 8.04, it tells you what package you need to install if you type in a command and its not found in your path. My terminal says you need to install 'texinfo' package.