X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/a2ec4d22dd77a363cd5b1f8b55ed34ba88331396..6d979490c13e9d8004942507c99d152c22184a27:/doc/apt-mark.8.xml diff --git a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml index 812fc406a..d00e5b9e2 100644 --- a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ - %aptent; + +%aptverbatiment; + + +%aptvendor; ]> @@ -15,31 +20,23 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; - 2 November 2007 + 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z apt-mark 8 + APT apt-mark - Utility to sort package index files + mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed - - - - apt-mark - - - markautounmarkauto - package - - - + &synopsis-command-apt-mark; + Description apt-mark will change whether a package has been marked as being automatically installed. @@ -49,60 +46,92 @@ 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. + apt-get or aptitude. - markauto - markauto is used to mark a + + auto 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. - unmarkauto - unmarkauto is used to mark a + + manual 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. + + + hold is used to mark a + package as held back, which will prevent the package from being + automatically installed, upgraded or removed. + The command is only a wrapper around dpkg --set-selections + and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not affected + by the option. + + + + + unhold is used to cancel a + previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again. + + + + + showauto 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. + + + + + showmanual can be used in + the same way as showauto except that it will print + a list of manually installed packages instead. + + + + + showhold is used to print a list + of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands. + + + + options - + + + - - Read/Write package stats from FILENAME - instead of the default location, which + Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter + &synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is extended_status in the directory defined by the Configuration Item: Dir::State. - - - - Show a short usage summary. - - - - - - - - Show the program version. - - - - + &apt-commonoptions; + + + + Files + + &file-extended_states; See Also - &apt-conf; + &apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf; Diagnostics