sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-extra git # OK

git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/gretl/git gretl-git # OK

cd gretl-git # OK

sudo apt-get build-dep gretl # OK

./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-quiet-build --enable-openmp --enable-build-doc --disable-json # OK

make -j3 # OK in general, but functex error first appears here

make pdfdocs

** Error: no phrase with key = 'chap:criteria' found.'

./xsltrans: input file 'ftex.xml'; err = 0

./reflow: short input byte-count 536

Makefile:295: recipe for target 'functex' failed

make[3]: *** [functex] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/clive/gretl-git/doc/commands'

Makefile:230: recipe for target 'functex' failed

make[2]: *** [functex] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/clive/gretl-git/doc/tex'

Makefile:11: recipe for target 'tex' failed

make[1]: *** [tex] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/clive/gretl-git/doc'

Makefile:68: recipe for target 'pdfdocs' failed

make: *** [pdfdocs] Error 2

I ran the call to -make pdfdocs- x 3, but it won't budge. Never quite had this problem before. 

I installed -gretl- successfully on Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" with exactly the same commands, but not now under "Serena". Not quite so serene for me, clearly!

Yours with thanks,

Clive Nicholas