Man page 8 : update-info-dir

update-info-dir - (re-)create /usr/share/info/dir from all installed info files

update-info-dir "[options]"

This manual page documents briefly the

R update-info-dir command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original script was designed for Debian packaging system.

update-info-dir [info-directory] (re-)creates the index of available documentation in info format (the file /usr/share/info/dir) which is usually presented by info browsers on startup.

info-directory

    If an argument is given update the dir file in the directory given, otherwise use /usr/share/info.

This manual page was written by Norbert Preining <>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).