doc/apt-mark.8.xml

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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>9 August 2009</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">markauto</arg>
  46                                 <arg choice="plain">unmarkauto</arg>
  47                         </group>
  48                         <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
  49                 </arg>
  50                 <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
  51         </group>
  52    </cmdsynopsis>
  53  </refsynopsisdiv>
  54
  55  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  56    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
  57    been marked as being automatically installed.
  58    </para>
  59    <para>
  60      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
  61      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
  62      dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
  63      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
  64      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
  65      <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
  66    </para>
  67      <variablelist>
  68        <varlistentry><term>markauto</term>
  69          <listitem><para><literal>markauto</literal> is used to mark a
  70      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
  71      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
  72      depend on this package.
  73        </para></listitem>
  74        </varlistentry>
  75
  76        <varlistentry><term>unmarkauto</term>
  77          <listitem><para><literal>unmarkauto</literal> is used to mark a
  78      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
  79      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
  80      depend on it.
  81        </para></listitem>
  82        </varlistentry>
  83
  84        <varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
  85          <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
  86      list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
  87        </para></listitem>
  88        </varlistentry>
  89      </variablelist>
  90  </refsect1>
  91
  92  <refsect1><title>options</title>
  93
  94    <variablelist>
  95         <varlistentry>
  96                 <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
  97                 <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
  98      <listitem><para>
  99
 100      Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename>
 101      instead of the default location, which
 102      is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
 103      by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
 104      </varlistentry>
 105
 106      <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
 107      <term><option>--help</option></term>
 108      <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
 109      </para>
 110      </listitem>
 111      </varlistentry>
 112
 113      <varlistentry>
 114       <term><option>-v</option></term>
 115       <term><option>--version</option></term>
 116       <listitem><para>Show the program version.
 117      </para>
 118      </listitem>
 119      </varlistentry>
 120
 121
 122    </variablelist>
 123  </refsect1>
 124
 125  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
 126    <variablelist>
 127         &file-extended_states;
 128    </variablelist>
 129  </refsect1>
 130
 131  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
 132    <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para>
 133  </refsect1>
 134
 135  <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
 136    <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para>
 137  </refsect1>
 138
 139  &manbugs;
 140
 141 </refentry>