Re: [help-texinfo] Adding info documents to /usr/share/info

[Karl Berry]

    downloading "manually" are .tar.gz files.

I don't recall anything in the info readers that supports info files
bundled in a .tar.gz (or anything else), unless it's a recent invention
in Emacs info.  So I think you should unpack the tars.

Once unbundled, the .info files should be found whether they are
compressed or not.

If this doesn't help, please show us one of the dir lines that is
failing, and list the corresponding .info file(s) you have.  I am not
sure from your descriptions exactly what you are doing.

    I have looked for documentation that explains how to install additional
    info files, but have found nothing conclusive.

http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/texinfo/Installing-an-Info-File.html

This talks about GNU install-info, not Debian i-i.  (Perhaps one
day there will only be one i-i program.)

Best,
Karl