---
name: "cmdliner-install"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ocaml-cmdliner"
version: "2.1.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cmdliner-install"
---

# cmdliner-install(1)

Install support files for cmdliner tools

## NAME

cmdliner-install - Install support files for cmdliner tools

## SYNOPSIS

**cmdliner install** *COMMAND* …

## DESCRIPTION

**cmdliner install** subcommands install cmdliner support files. See the library documentation or invoke subcommands with **--help** for more details.

## COMMANDS

- **generic-completion** \[**--dry-run**\] \[**--shell**=*SHELL*\] \[**--update-opam-install**=*PKG.install*\] \[*OPTION*\]… *SHAREDIR*

  Install generic completion scripts

- **tool-completion** \[*OPTION*\]… *TOOLNAME*… *SHAREDIR*

  Install tool completion scripts

- **tool-manpages** \[**--dry-run**\] \[**--update-opam-install**=*PKG.install*\] \[*OPTION*\]… *TOOLEXEC\[:NAME\]*… *MANDIR*

  Install tool and subcommand manpages

- **tool-support** \[*OPTION*\]… *TOOLEXEC\[:NAME\]*… *PREFIX*

  Install both tool completion and manpages

## COMMON OPTIONS

- **--help**\[=*FMT*\] (default=**auto**)

  Show this help in format *FMT*. The value *FMT* must be one of **auto**, **pager**, **groff** or **plain**. With **auto**, the format is **pager** or **plain** whenever the **TERM** env var is **dumb** or undefined.

- **--version**

  Show version information.

## EXIT STATUS

**cmdliner install** exits with:

- 0

  on success.

- 123

  on indiscriminate errors reported on standard error.

- 124

  on command line parsing errors.

- 125

  on unexpected internal errors (bugs).

## SEE ALSO

[cmdliner(1)](/cmdliner/1.md)