SYNOPSIS

install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]

DESCRIPTION

Add or remove entries in INFO-FILE from the Info directory DIR-FILE. INFO-FILE and DIR-FILE are required unless the --info-file or --dir-file (or --info-dir) options are given, respectively.

OPTIONS

--add-once

add only to first matching section, not all.

--align=COL

start description of new entries at column COL.

--calign=COL

format second and subsequent description lines to start at column COL.

--debug

report what is being done.

--delete

delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't insert any new entries.

--description=TEXT

the description of the entry is TEXT; used with the --name option to become synonymous with the --entry option.

--dir-file=NAME

specify file name of Info directory file; equivalent to using the DIR-FILE argument.

--dry-run

same as --test.

--entry=TEXT

insert TEXT as an Info directory entry, overriding any corresponding entry from DIR-FILE. TEXT is written as an Info menu item line followed

  • by zero or more extra lines starting with whitespace.

  • If you specify more than one entry, all are added. If you don't specify any entries, they are determined

  • from information in the Info file itself.

--help

display this help and exit.

--info-dir=DIR

same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.

--info-file=FILE

specify Info file to install in the directory; equivalent to using the INFO-FILE argument.

--item=TEXT

same as --entry=TEXT.

--keep-old

do not replace entries, or remove empty sections.

--maxwidth, --max-width=COL

wrap description at column COL.

--menuentry=TEXT

same as --name=TEXT.

--name=TEXT

the name of the entry is TEXT; used with --description to become synonymous with the --entry option.

--no-indent

do not format new entries in the DIR file.

--quiet

suppress warnings.

--regex=R

put this file's entries in all sections that match the regular expression R (ignoring case).

--remove

same as --delete.

--remove-exactly

only remove if the info file name matches exactly; suffixes such as .info and .gz are not ignored.

--section=SEC

put entries in section SEC of the directory. If you specify more than one section, all the entries

  • are added in each of the sections.

  • If you don't specify any sections, they are determined

  • from information in the Info file itself.

--section R SEC

equivalent to --regex=R --section=SEC --add-once.

--silent

suppress warnings.

--test

suppress updating of DIR-FILE.

--version

display version information and exit.

REPORTING BUGS

Email bug reports to [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected].

Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

RELATED TO ginstall-info…

The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and install-info programs are properly installed at your site, the command

  • info install-info

should give you access to the complete manual.