Getting makeinfo error while installing GDB (version 7.4) - RHEL5
Issue
While installing the GDB 7.4 getting an "makeinfo" error.
Package Download information :ftp://sourceware.org/pub/gdb/releases/gdb-7.4.tar.gz
Followed README instructions. ./configure runs fine , but running make it gives the following error:
checking whether wcsrtombs is declared without a macro... yes
checking whether wcsnrtombs is declared without a macro... yes
checking whether wcwidth is declared without a macro... yes
checking for makeinfo... /depot/gdb/gdb-7.4/missing makeinfo --split-size=5000000
`configure: error: makeinfo is required for compilation`
make[1]: *** [configure-gdb] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/depot/gdb/gdb-7.4'
make: *** [all] Error 2
<a class="make_room_for_kcs" href="mailto:root@server.org.com">root@server@org.com</a> [/depot/gdb/gdb-7.4]
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
GDB version 7.4 from external source
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