INSTALL-INFO(1)

NAME
install-info - update info/dir entries

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.

--defsection=TEXT
    like --section, but only use TEXT if no sections are present in INFO-FILE (replacing "Miscellaneous").

--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;
    if nothing is available there, the --defsection value is used; if that is not specified, the final default is "Miscellaneous".

--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 bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
Texinfo home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.

SEE ALSO
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.