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;
  10
  11 <!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent">
  12 %aptvendor;
  13 ]>
  14
  15 <refentry>
  16
  17  <refentryinfo>
  18    &apt-author.moconnor;
  19    &apt-author.team;
  20    &apt-email;
  21    &apt-product;
  22    <!-- The last update date -->
  23    <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
  24  </refentryinfo>
  25
  26  <refmeta>
  27    <refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle>
  28    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  29    <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  30  </refmeta>
  31
  32  <!-- Man page title -->
  33  <refnamediv>
  34     <refname>apt-mark</refname>
  35     <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose>
  36  </refnamediv>
  37
  38  &synopsis-command-apt-mark;
  39
  40  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  41    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
  42    been marked as being automatically installed.
  43    </para>
  44    <para>
  45      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
  46      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
  47      dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
  48      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
  49      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
  50      <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
  51    </para>
  52      <variablelist>
  53      <varlistentry><term><option>auto</option></term>
  54          <listitem><para><literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a
  55      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
  56      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
  57      depend on this package.
  58        </para></listitem>
  59        </varlistentry>
  60
  61      <varlistentry><term><option>manual</option></term>
  62          <listitem><para><literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a
  63      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
  64      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
  65      depend on it.
  66        </para></listitem>
  67        </varlistentry>
  68
  69        <varlistentry><term><option>hold</option></term>
  70          <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a
  71        package as held back, which will prevent the package from being
  72        automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
  73        The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg --set-selections</command>
  74        and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not affected
  75        by the <option>--file</option> option.
  76        </para></listitem>
  77        </varlistentry>
  78
  79        <varlistentry><term><option>unhold</option></term>
  80          <listitem><para><literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a
  81        previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again.
  82        </para></listitem>
  83        </varlistentry>
  84
  85        <varlistentry><term><option>showauto</option></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><option>showmanual</option></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        <varlistentry><term><option>showhold</option></term>
 101          <listitem><para><literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list
 102      of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands.
 103        </para></listitem>
 104        </varlistentry>
 105
 106
 107      </variablelist>
 108  </refsect1>
 109
 110  <refsect1><title>options</title>
 111
 112    <variablelist>
 113         <varlistentry>
 114            <term><option>-f=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
 115            <term><option>--file=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
 116      <listitem><para>
 117      Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter
 118      &synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which
 119      is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
 120      by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
 121      </varlistentry>
 122
 123      &apt-commonoptions;
 124    </variablelist>
 125  </refsect1>
 126
 127  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
 128    <variablelist>
 129         &file-extended_states;
 130    </variablelist>
 131  </refsect1>
 132
 133  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
 134     <para><phrase>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</phrase></para>
 135  </refsect1>
 136
 137  <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
 138    <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para>
 139  </refsect1>
 140
 141  &manbugs;
 142
 143 </refentry>