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.TH INSTALL 8 "Feb 17, 2023"
.SH NAME
install \- install commands
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/install\fR \fB-c\fR \fIdira\fR [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-u\fR \fIuser\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR]
     [\fB-o\fR] [\fB-s\fR] \fIfile\fR
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/install\fR \fB-f\fR \fIdirb\fR [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-u\fR \fIuser\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR]
     [\fB-o\fR] [\fB-s\fR] \fIfile\fR
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/install\fR \fB-n\fR \fIdirc\fR [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-u\fR \fIuser\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR]
     [\fB-o\fR] [\fB-s\fR] \fIfile\fR
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/install\fR \fB-d\fR | \fB-i\fR [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-u\fR \fIuser\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR]
     [\fB-o\fR] [\fB-s\fR] \fIdirx\fR...
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/sbin/install\fR [\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR] [\fB-u\fR \fIuser\fR] [\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR] [\fB-o\fR] [\fB-s\fR] \fIfile\fR
     [\fIdirx\fR]...
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBinstall\fR is most commonly used in ``makefiles'' (see \fBmake\fR(1S)) to
install a \fBfile\fR in specific locations, or to create directories within a
file system. Each \fBfile\fR is installed by copying it into the appropriate
directory.
.sp
.LP
\fBinstall\fR uses no special privileges to copy files from one place to
another. The implications of this are:
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
You must have permission to read the files to be installed.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
You must have permission to copy into the destination directory.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
You must have permission to change the modes on the final copy of the file if
you want to use the \fB-m\fR option.
.RE
.RS +4
.TP
.ie t \(bu
.el o
You must be super-user if you want to specify the ownership of the installed
file with the \fB-u\fR or \fB-g\fR options. If you are not the super-user, the
installed file is owned by you, regardless of who owns the original.
.RE
.sp
.LP
Note that if the \fBROOT\fR environment variable is set, each of the default
directory paths are prefixed by its value (for example, \fB$ROOT/bin\fR and so
on).
.sp
.LP
\fBinstall\fR prints messages telling the user exactly what files it is
replacing or creating and where they are going.
.sp
.LP
If no options or directories (\fIdirx\fR .\|.\|.) are given, \fBinstall\fR
searches a set of default directories (\fB/bin\fR, \fB/usr/bin\fR, \fB/etc\fR,
\fB/lib\fR, and \fB/usr/lib\fR, in that order) for a file with the same name as
\fBfile\fR. When the first occurrence is found, \fBinstall\fR issues a message
saying that it is overwriting that file with \fBfile\fR, and proceeds to do so.
If the file is not found, the program states this and exits.
.sp
.LP
If one or more directories (\fIdirx\fR .\|.\|.) are specified after \fBfile\fR,
those directories are searched before the default directories.
.sp
.LP
This version of \fBinstall\fR (\fB/usr/sbin/install\fR) is not compatible with
the \fBinstall\fR binaries in many versions of Unix other than Solaris. For a
higher degree of compatibility with other Unix versions, use
\fB/usr/ucb/install\fR, which is described in the \fBinstall\fR(1B) man page.
.SH OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-c\fR \fIdira\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Install \fBfile\fR in the directory specified by \fIdira\fR, if \fBfile\fR does
not yet exist. If it is found, \fBinstall\fR issues a message saying that the
file already exists, and exits without overwriting it.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-f\fR \fIdirb\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Force \fBfile\fR to be installed in given directory, even if the file already
exists. If the file being installed does not already exist, the mode and owner
of the new file is set to \fB755\fR and \fBbin\fR \fB,\fR respectively. If the
file already exists, the mode and owner is that of the already existing file.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-n\fR \fIdirc\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
If \fBfile\fR is not found in any of the searched directories, it is put in the
directory specified in \fIdirc\fR. The mode and owner of the new file is set to
\fB755\fR and \fBbin\fR, respectively.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-d\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Create a directory. Missing parent directories are created as required as in
\fBmkdir \fR\fB-p\fR. If the directory already exists, the owner, group and
mode is set to the values given on the command line.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-i\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Ignore default directory list, searching only through the given directories
(\fIdirx\fR .\|.\|.).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-m\fR \fImode\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
The mode of the new file is set to \fImode\fR. Set to \fB0755\fR by default.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-u\fR \fIuser\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
The owner of the new file is set to \fIuser\fR. Only available to the
super-user. Set to \fBbin\fR by default.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-g\fR \fIgroup\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
The group id of the new file is set to \fIgroup\fR. Only available to the
super-user. Set to \fBbin\fR by default.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-o\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
If \fBfile\fR is found, save the ``found'' file by copying it to
\fBOLD\fR\fBfile\fR in the directory in which it was found. This option is
useful when installing a frequently used file such as \fB/bin/sh\fR or
\fB/lib/saf/ttymon\fR, where the existing file cannot be removed.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-s\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 12n
Suppress printing of messages other than error messages.
.RE

.SH USAGE
See \fBlargefile\fR(7) for the description of the behavior of \fBinstall\fR
when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte (2^31 bytes).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR chgrp (1),
.BR chmod (1),
.BR chown (1),
.BR cp (1),
.BR mkdir (1),
.BR install (1B),
.BR make (1S),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR largefile (7)