tutorial doesn't work

Bug #1804359 reported by anatoly techtonik
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texinfo (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Running `info` and pressing `h` doesn't bring up promised tutorial:

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File: dir, Node: Top, This is the top of the INFO tree.

This is the Info main menu (aka directory node).
A few useful Info commands:

  'q' quits;
  'H' lists all Info commands;
  'h' starts the Info tutorial;
  'mTexinfo RET' visits the Texinfo manual, etc.

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The error message displayed is "Cannot find node '(info)Help'"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: info 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: i3
Date: Wed Nov 21 07:16:55 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-01 (19 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
SourcePackage: texinfo
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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anatoly techtonik (techtonik) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in texinfo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Kasia Gauza (kasiagauza) wrote :

Same here, Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, Info Version: 6.5.0.dfsg.1-2

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Diego F. Rodríguez (diegorodriguezv) wrote :

Same problem here. Ubuntu 19.10. Info 6.6.0.dfsg.1-2ubuntu2.
Following advice from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/588026/cannot-start-the-info-tutorial-in-debian-9-stretch I installed emacs-common-non-dfsg.
After that pressing h inside info brings up the tutorial but the command info info still results in:
info: No menu item 'info-stnd' in node '(dir)Top'

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Diego F. Rodríguez (diegorodriguezv) wrote :

I'm no longer sure h brings up the tutorial after installing common-non-dfsg.
The first lines displayed after pressing h in info are:

Next: Help, Up: Getting Started

1.1 Starting Info on a Small Screen
===================================

Since your terminal has a relatively small number of lines on its

...

While this book https://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_02_03.html says the tutorial starts with:

File: info.info, Node: Top, Next: Getting Started, Up: (dir)

Info: An Introduction
*********************

   Info is a program, which you are using now, for reading

...

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