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| 5 | <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> |
| 6 | %aptent; |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ]> |
| 9 | |
| 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>Utility to sort package index files</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 | depedencies 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> |