<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
%aptent;
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
+%aptverbatiment;
+
]>
<refentry>
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>2 November 2007</date>
+ <date>21 April 2011</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<!-- Man page title -->
<refnamediv>
<refname>apt-mark</refname>
- <refpurpose>Utility to sort package index files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<!-- Arguments -->
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>apt-mark</command>
- <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
- <group choice="req"><arg>markauto</arg><arg>unmarkauto</arg></group>
- <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
+ <command>apt-mark</command>
+ <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <group choice="plain">
+ <arg choice="plain">
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain">auto</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">manual</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">showmanual</arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<para>
When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
- depedencies are marked as being automatically installed. Once
+ dependencies are marked as being automatically installed. Once
these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
- by any manually installed packages, they will be removed.
+ by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
+ <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
</para>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term>markauto</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>markauto</literal> is used to mark a
+ <varlistentry><term>auto</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a
package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
depend on this package.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term>unmarkauto</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>unmarkauto</literal> is used to mark a
+ <varlistentry><term>manual</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a
package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
package from being automatically removed if no other packages
depend on it.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>hold</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a
+ package as hold back, which will prevent the package from being
+ automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
+ The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg --set-selections</command>
+ and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not effected
+ by the <option>--filename</option> option.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>unhold</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a
+ previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
+ list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
+ All automatically installed packages will be listed if no package is given.
+ If packages are given only those which are automatically installed will be shown.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>showmanual</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in
+ the same way as <literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print
+ a list of manually installed packages instead.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>showhold</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list
+ of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>options</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term><option>-f=<filename>FILENAME</filename></option></term><term><option>--file=<filename>FILENAME</filename></option></term>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
+ <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Read/Write package stats from <filename>FILENAME</filename>
+ Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename>
instead of the default location, which
is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-v</option></term>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Show the program version.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
+ &apt-commonoptions;
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>Files</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ &file-extended_states;
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
- <para>&apt-conf;</para>
+ <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
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