doc/apt-mark.8.xml

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   5 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
   6 %aptent;
   7
   8 <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
   9 %aptverbatiment;
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  13 <refentry>
  14
  15  <refentryinfo>
  16    &apt-author.moconnor;
  17    &apt-author.team;
  18    &apt-email;
  19    &apt-product;
  20    <!-- The last update date -->
  21    <date>21 April 2011</date>
  22  </refentryinfo>
  23
  24  <refmeta>
  25    <refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle>
  26    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  27    <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  28  </refmeta>
  29
  30  <!-- Man page title -->
  31  <refnamediv>
  32     <refname>apt-mark</refname>
  33     <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose>
  34  </refnamediv>
  35
  36  <!-- Arguments -->
  37  <refsynopsisdiv>
  38    <cmdsynopsis>
  39         <command>apt-mark</command>
  40         <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
  41         <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
  42         <group choice="plain">
  43                 <arg choice="plain">
  44                         <group choice="req">
  45                                 <arg choice="plain">auto</arg>
  46                                 <arg choice="plain">manual</arg>
  47                                 <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
  48                                 <arg choice="plain">showmanual</arg>
  49                         </group>
  50                         <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
  51                 </arg>
  52         </group>
  53    </cmdsynopsis>
  54  </refsynopsisdiv>
  55
  56  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  57    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
  58    been marked as being automatically installed.
  59    </para>
  60    <para>
  61      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
  62      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
  63      dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
  64      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
  65      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
  66      <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
  67    </para>
  68      <variablelist>
  69        <varlistentry><term>auto</term>
  70          <listitem><para><literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a
  71      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
  72      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
  73      depend on this package.
  74        </para></listitem>
  75        </varlistentry>
  76
  77        <varlistentry><term>manual</term>
  78          <listitem><para><literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a
  79      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
  80      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
  81      depend on it.
  82        </para></listitem>
  83        </varlistentry>
  84
  85        <varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
  86          <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
  87      list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
  88      All automatically installed packages will be listed if no package is given.
  89      If packages are given only those which are automatically installed will be shown.
  90        </para></listitem>
  91        </varlistentry>
  92
  93        <varlistentry><term>showmanual</term>
  94          <listitem><para><literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in
  95      the same way as <literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print
  96      a list of manually installed packages instead.
  97        </para></listitem>
  98        </varlistentry>
  99
 100      </variablelist>
 101  </refsect1>
 102
 103  <refsect1><title>options</title>
 104
 105    <variablelist>
 106         <varlistentry>
 107                 <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
 108                 <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
 109      <listitem><para>
 110
 111      Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename>
 112      instead of the default location, which
 113      is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
 114      by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
 115      </varlistentry>
 116
 117      &apt-commonoptions;
 118    </variablelist>
 119  </refsect1>
 120
 121  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
 122    <variablelist>
 123         &file-extended_states;
 124    </variablelist>
 125  </refsect1>
 126
 127  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
 128    <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para>
 129  </refsect1>
 130
 131  <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
 132    <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para>
 133  </refsect1>
 134
 135  &manbugs;
 136
 137 </refentry>