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.TH INSTALL 1 "2026-05-31"
.SH NAME
install \- Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing
DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBinstall\fR [\fB\-\-backup\fR] [\fB\-b \fR] [\fB\-c \fR] [\fB\-C\fR|\fB\-\-compare\fR] [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-directory\fR] [\fB\-D \fR] [\fB\-g\fR|\fB\-\-group\fR] [\fB\-m\fR|\fB\-\-mode\fR] [\fB\-o\fR|\fB\-\-owner\fR] [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-preserve\-timestamps\fR] [\fB\-s\fR|\fB\-\-strip\fR] [\fB\-\-strip\-program\fR] [\fB\-S\fR|\fB\-\-suffix\fR] [\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-target\-directory\fR] [\fB\-T\fR|\fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR] [\fB\-P\fR|\fB\-\-preserve\-context\fR] [\fB\-Z \fR] [\fB\-\-context\fR] [\fB\-U\fR|\fB\-\-unprivileged\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fIfiles\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing
DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-backup\fR[=\fI<CONTROL>\fR]
make a backup of each existing destination file
.TP
\fB\-b\fR
like \-\-backup but does not accept an argument
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
ignored
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-compare\fR
compare each pair of source and destination files, and in some cases, do not modify the destination at all
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR
treat all arguments as directory names. create all components of the specified directories
.TP
\fB\-D\fR
create all leading components of DEST except the last, then copy SOURCE to DEST
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR \fI<GROUP>\fR
set group ownership, instead of process\*(Aqs current group
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR \fI<MODE>\fR
set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr\-xr\-x
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-owner\fR \fI<OWNER>\fR
set ownership (super\-user only)
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-timestamps\fR
apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding destination files
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-strip\fR
strip symbol tables
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-program\fR \fI<PROGRAM>\fR
program used to strip binaries
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\fR \fI<SUFFIX>\fR
override the usual backup suffix
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-target\-directory\fR \fI<DIRECTORY>\fR
move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-no\-target\-directory\fR
treat DEST as a normal file
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
explain what is being done
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-preserve\-context\fR
preserve security context
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR
set SELinux security context of destination file and each created directory to default type
.TP
\fB\-\-context\fR [\fI<CONTEXT>\fR]
set security context of files and directories
.TP
\fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-unprivileged\fR
do not require elevated privileges to change the owner, the group, or the file flags of the destination
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.TP
[\fIfiles\fR]

.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0