I installed http://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/emacs which includes Gnus, but there's no /usr/share/info/gnus.info.gz
– am I forced to use the web wowser to read the fine manual, or is there some simple way to get the info file?
1 Answer
According to the package database, you can find gnus.info.gz
in emacs24-common-non-dfsg
and /usr/share/info/emacs-25/gnus.info.gz
, along with a lot of other info manuals.
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4Correct. Debian (and Ubuntu by derivation) package Gnu documentation in separate packages, as the Gnu documentation license conflicts with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Usually these packages are in the non-free repo, and have the
non-dfsg
suffix on the package name.– TylerApr 20, 2017 at 16:38