doc/apt-mark.8.xml

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  10 <refentry>
  11
  12  <refentryinfo>
  13    &apt-author.moconnor;
  14    &apt-author.team;
  15    &apt-email;
  16    &apt-product;
  17    <!-- The last update date -->
  18    <date>2 November 2007</date>
  19  </refentryinfo>
  20
  21  <refmeta>
  22    <refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle>
  23    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  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  <!-- Arguments -->
  33  <refsynopsisdiv>
  34    <cmdsynopsis>
  35       <command>apt-mark</command>
  36       <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
  37       <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
  38       <group choice="req"><arg>markauto</arg><arg>unmarkauto</arg></group>
  39       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
  40    </cmdsynopsis>
  41  </refsynopsisdiv>
  42
  43  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  44    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
  45    been marked as being automatically installed.
  46    </para>
  47    <para>
  48      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
  49      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
  50      dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
  51      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
  52      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed.
  53    </para>
  54      <variablelist>
  55        <varlistentry><term>markauto</term>
  56          <listitem><para><literal>markauto</literal> is used to mark a
  57      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
  58      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
  59      depend on this package.
  60        </para></listitem>
  61        </varlistentry>
  62
  63        <varlistentry><term>unmarkauto</term>
  64          <listitem><para><literal>unmarkauto</literal> is used to mark a
  65      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
  66      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
  67      depend on it.
  68        </para></listitem>
  69        </varlistentry>
  70      </variablelist>
  71  </refsect1>
  72
  73  <refsect1><title>options</title>
  74
  75    <variablelist>
  76      <varlistentry><term><option>-f=<filename>FILENAME</filename></option></term><term><option>--file=<filename>FILENAME</filename></option></term>
  77      <listitem><para>
  78
  79      Read/Write package stats from <filename>FILENAME</filename>
  80      instead of the default location, which
  81      is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
  82      by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
  83      </varlistentry>
  84
  85      <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
  86      <term><option>--help</option></term>
  87      <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
  88      </para>
  89      </listitem>
  90      </varlistentry>
  91
  92      <varlistentry>
  93       <term><option>-v</option></term>
  94       <term><option>--version</option></term>
  95       <listitem><para>Show the program version.
  96      </para>
  97      </listitem>
  98      </varlistentry>
  99
 100
 101    </variablelist>
 102  </refsect1>
 103
 104  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
 105    <para>&apt-conf;</para>
 106  </refsect1>
 107
 108  <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
 109    <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para>
 110  </refsect1>
 111
 112  &manbugs;
 113
 114 </refentry>