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Global Parameters

The following global parameters are available for all commands. See also environment.

--help

Show help on the console.

--version

Show version of uniget on the console.

--prefix

Base directory for the installation (useful when preparing a chroot environment). See also chroot.

--target

Target directory for installation relative to PREFIX (default "usr/local").

--user

Install in user context. See also context.

--auto-update

Automatically update the metadata when needed.

--integrate-profiled, --integrate-etc, --integrate-all

Enable the integrations when installing tools: integrate profile.d scripts, integrate configuration files from /etc, or all available integrations. Disabled by default.

--verify-image-signature

Verify the signatures of the metadata and of tool image(s). Enabled by default.

--cache, --cache-directory, --cache-retention

Deprecated: caching of downloaded tools was removed. The flags are still accepted but are ignored (a warning is printed for file, docker and containerd). See caching.

--log-level

Log level (trace, debug, info, warning, error) (default INFO).

--debug

Enable debug logging (short form: -d).

--trace

Enable trace logging.