I have ranted at length in earlier posts about the hassle of trying to install software from source on Ubuntu. What you end up with is a conflict between the Ubuntu package naming conventions and what the source code developer has put in its error messages. See for instance the texinfo/makeinfo nonsense here.
I have stumbled upon an excellent way to resolve this. What you do is go to http://packages.ubuntu.com, and then scroll down to the "Search the contents of packages" section.
In the "Keyword" box type in the name from the source code error - such as "makeinfo". In the dropdown list next to "Distribution" choose the version of Ubuntu you are running. Then hit "Search".
Hey presto, the third result is [/usr/bin/makeinfo] and the associated package is [texinfo]. Brilliant.
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