install - copy files and set attributes
install [
OPTION]... [
-T]
SOURCE DEST
install [
OPTION]...
SOURCE...
DIRECTORY
install [
OPTION]...
-t DIRECTORY SOURCE...
install [
OPTION]...
-d DIRECTORY...
This install program copies files (often just compiled) into destination
locations you choose. If you want to download and install a ready-to-use
package on a GNU/Linux system, you should instead be using a package manager
like
yum(1) or
apt-get(1).
In the first three forms, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the
existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group. In the 4th
form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-
--backup[=CONTROL]
- make a backup of each existing destination file
- -b
- like --backup but does not accept an argument
- -c
- (ignored)
-
-C, --compare
- compare content of source and destination files, and if no
change to content, ownership, and permissions, do not modify the
destination at all
-
-d, --directory
- treat all arguments as directory names; create all
components of the specified directories
- -D
- create all leading components of DEST except the last, or
all components of --target-directory, then copy SOURCE to DEST
-
-g, --group=GROUP
- set group ownership, instead of process' current group
-
-m, --mode=MODE
- set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of
rwxr-xr-x
-
-o, --owner=OWNER
- set ownership (super-user only)
-
-p, --preserve-timestamps
- apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to
corresponding destination files
-
-s, --strip
- strip symbol tables
-
--strip-program=PROGRAM
- program used to strip binaries
-
-S, --suffix=SUFFIX
- override the usual backup suffix
-
-t, --target-directory=DIRECTORY
- copy all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
-
-T, --no-target-directory
- treat DEST as a normal file
-
-v, --verbose
- print the name of each directory as it is created
- --preserve-context
- preserve SELinux security context
- -Z
- set SELinux security context of destination file and each
created directory to default type
-
--context[=CTX]
- like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux
or SMACK security context to CTX
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
The backup suffix is '~', unless set with
--suffix or
SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX. The version control method may be selected via the
--backup option or through the VERSION_CONTROL environment variable.
Here are the values:
- none, off
- never make backups (even if --backup is given)
- numbered, t
- make numbered backups
- existing, nil
- numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise
- simple, never
- always make simple backups
Written by David MacKenzie.
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Full documentation <
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or available locally via: info '(coreutils) install invocation'