---
name: "uu-install"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-install"
---

# uu-install(1)

Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group

## NAME

install - Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group

## SYNOPSIS

**install** \[OPTION\]... \[FILE\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group

## OPTIONS

- **--backup**\[=*\<CONTROL\>*\]

  make a backup of each existing destination file

- **-b**

  like --backup but does not accept an argument

- **-c**

  ignored

- **-C**, **--compare**

  compare each pair of source and destination files, and in some cases, 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, then copy SOURCE to DEST

- **-g**, **--group** *\<GROUP\>*

  set group ownership, instead of process's 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\>*

  move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY

- **-T**, **--no-target-directory**

  treat DEST as a normal file

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  explain what is being done

- **-P**, **--preserve-context**

  preserve security context

- **-Z**

  set SELinux security context of destination file and each created directory to default type

- **--context** \[*\<CONTEXT\>*\]

  set security context of files and directories

- **-U**, **--unprivileged**

  do not require elevated privileges to change the owner, the group, or the file flags of the destination

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \[*files*\]

  ## VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0