doc/apt-mark.8.xml

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   4 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
   5 <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
   6 <!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;
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   9 <refentry>
  10
  11  <refentryinfo>
  12    &apt-author.moconnor;
  13    &apt-author.team;
  14    &apt-email;
  15    &apt-product;
  16    <!-- The last update date -->
  17    <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
  18  </refentryinfo>
  19
  20  <refmeta>
  21    <refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle>
  22    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  23    <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  24  </refmeta>
  25
  26  <!-- Man page title -->
  27  <refnamediv>
  28     <refname>apt-mark</refname>
  29     <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose>
  30  </refnamediv>
  31
  32  &synopsis-command-apt-mark;
  33
  34  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  35    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
  36    been marked as being automatically installed.
  37    </para>
  38    <para>
  39      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
  40      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
  41      dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
  42      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
  43      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
  44      <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
  45    </para>
  46      <variablelist>
  47      <varlistentry><term><option>auto</option></term>
  48          <listitem><para><literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a
  49      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
  50      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
  51      depend on this package.
  52        </para></listitem>
  53        </varlistentry>
  54
  55      <varlistentry><term><option>manual</option></term>
  56          <listitem><para><literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a
  57      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
  58      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
  59      depend on it.
  60        </para></listitem>
  61        </varlistentry>
  62
  63        <varlistentry><term><option>hold</option></term>
  64          <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a
  65        package as held back, which will prevent the package from being
  66        automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
  67        The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg --set-selections</command>
  68        and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not affected
  69        by the <option>--file</option> option.
  70        </para></listitem>
  71        </varlistentry>
  72
  73        <varlistentry><term><option>unhold</option></term>
  74          <listitem><para><literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a
  75        previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again.
  76        </para></listitem>
  77        </varlistentry>
  78
  79        <varlistentry><term><option>showauto</option></term>
  80          <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
  81      list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
  82      All automatically installed packages will be listed if no package is given.
  83      If packages are given only those which are automatically installed will be shown.
  84        </para></listitem>
  85        </varlistentry>
  86
  87        <varlistentry><term><option>showmanual</option></term>
  88          <listitem><para><literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in
  89      the same way as <literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print
  90      a list of manually installed packages instead.
  91        </para></listitem>
  92        </varlistentry>
  93
  94        <varlistentry><term><option>showhold</option></term>
  95          <listitem><para><literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list
  96      of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands.
  97        </para></listitem>
  98        </varlistentry>
  99
 100
 101      </variablelist>
 102  </refsect1>
 103
 104  <refsect1><title>options</title>
 105
 106    <variablelist>
 107         <varlistentry>
 108            <term><option>-f=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
 109            <term><option>--file=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
 110      <listitem><para>
 111      Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter
 112      &synopsis-param-filename; instead of from 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><phrase>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</phrase></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>