INSTALL-INFO(1)

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version 7.2 · 9 versions
, in alpine 3.22, alpine 3.23, fedora 43, nixos 26.05, ubuntu resolute

💖 INSTALL-INFO(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is install-info, a User Commands girlie, and she is literally the reason your Info directory stays cute and organized ✨ she updates info/dir entries, no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

install-info — update info/dir entries

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what she does is: she adds or removes entries in INFO-FILE from the Info directory DIR-FILE. That's the whole vibe. 🫶

And like, here's the thing — INFO-FILE and DIR-FILE are required unless you pass the --info-file or --dir-file options (or --info-dir) instead. So you either hand her the files directly or you point her at them with flags, pick your fighter 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --add-once — only add to the first matching section, not all of them. one and done, queen 👑
  • --align=COL — start the description of new entries over at column COL.
  • --calign=COL — format the second and every description line after that so they start at column COL.
  • --debug — report what is being done. she's telling you everything, fr fr 🗣️
  • --delete — delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE, and don't insert any new ones. strictly a removal era 💀
  • --defsection=TEXT — like --section, but only use TEXT if no sections are present in INFO-FILE (this is what replaces "Miscellaneous").
  • --description=TEXT — the description of the entry is TEXT; used together with the --name option it becomes synonymous with the --entry option.
  • --dir-file=NAME — specify the file name of the 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 of them get added. If you don't specify any entries, they are determined from information in the Info file itself.
  • --help — display this help and exit. (the classic escape hatch 🏃‍♀️)
  • --info-dir=DIR — same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.
  • --info-file=FILE — specify the 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. she's preserving, she's gentle 🌸
  • --maxwidth, --max-width=COL — wrap the description at column COL.
  • --menuentry=TEXT — same as --name=TEXT.
  • --name=TEXT — the name of the entry is TEXT; used with --description it becomes synonymous with the --entry option.
  • --no-indent — do not format new entries in the DIR file.
  • --quiet — suppress warnings. shhh 🤫
  • --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. no vibes-based matching here, it's giving precision 🎯
  • --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. (yes, again. twins 💕)
  • --test — suppress updating of DIR-FILE. look but don't touch, bestie 🙈
  • --version — display version information and exit.

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

Found something cursed? Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, and send general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.

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

Copyright © 2024 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. like literally none, zero, nada 💀

🌈 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. go read it, it's giving encyclopedia 📚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was GNU texinfo 7.2, dated December 2024 — mwah, slay, periodt 💅✨

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