install-info(1)

install-info1

Update info/dir entries

Usage

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

Overview

Install or delete dir entries from INFO-FILE in the Info directory file DIR-FILE.

Options

--delete

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

--dir-file=NAME

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

--entry=TEXT

insert TEXT as an Info directory entry. TEXT should have the form of an Info menu item line plus zero or more extra lines starting with whitespace. If you specify more than one entry, they are all 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-file=FILE

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

--info-dir=DIR

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

--item=TEXT

same as --entry TEXT. An Info directory entry is actually a menu item.

--quiet

suppress warnings.

--remove

same as --delete.

--section=SEC

put this file's 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.

--version

display version information and exit.

Releases

55 releases since OpenBSD 2.7; the text changed 2 times.

  1. 2.7–3.1
  2. 3.2–3.9
  3. 4.0–8.0

Reporting bugs

Email bug reports to [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected]. Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.