<!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>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
+ &synopsis-command-apt-mark;
+
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
been marked as being automatically installed.
other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
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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