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| 4 | |
| 5 | <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> |
| 6 | %aptent; |
| 7 | |
| 8 | <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> |
| 9 | %aptverbatiment; |
| 10 | |
| 11 | <!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> |
| 12 | %aptvendor; |
| 13 | ]> |
| 14 | |
| 15 | <refentry> |
| 16 | |
| 17 | <refentryinfo> |
| 18 | &apt-author.moconnor; |
| 19 | &apt-author.team; |
| 20 | &apt-email; |
| 21 | &apt-product; |
| 22 | <!-- The last update date --> |
| 23 | <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date> |
| 24 | </refentryinfo> |
| 25 | |
| 26 | <refmeta> |
| 27 | <refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle> |
| 28 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> |
| 29 | <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo> |
| 30 | </refmeta> |
| 31 | |
| 32 | <!-- Man page title --> |
| 33 | <refnamediv> |
| 34 | <refname>apt-mark</refname> |
| 35 | <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose> |
| 36 | </refnamediv> |
| 37 | |
| 38 | &synopsis-command-apt-mark; |
| 39 | |
| 40 | <refsect1><title>Description</title> |
| 41 | <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has |
| 42 | been marked as being automatically installed. |
| 43 | </para> |
| 44 | <para> |
| 45 | When you request that a package is installed, and as a result |
| 46 | other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the |
| 47 | dependencies are marked as being automatically installed. Once |
| 48 | these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on |
| 49 | by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g. |
| 50 | <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>. |
| 51 | </para> |
| 52 | <variablelist> |
| 53 | <varlistentry><term><option>auto</option></term> |
| 54 | <listitem><para><literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a |
| 55 | package as being automatically installed, which will cause the |
| 56 | package to be removed when no more manually installed packages |
| 57 | depend on this package. |
| 58 | </para></listitem> |
| 59 | </varlistentry> |
| 60 | |
| 61 | <varlistentry><term><option>manual</option></term> |
| 62 | <listitem><para><literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a |
| 63 | package as being manually installed, which will prevent the |
| 64 | package from being automatically removed if no other packages |
| 65 | depend on it. |
| 66 | </para></listitem> |
| 67 | </varlistentry> |
| 68 | |
| 69 | <varlistentry><term><option>hold</option></term> |
| 70 | <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a |
| 71 | package as held back, which will prevent the package from being |
| 72 | automatically installed, upgraded or removed. |
| 73 | The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg --set-selections</command> |
| 74 | and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not affected |
| 75 | by the <option>--file</option> option. |
| 76 | </para></listitem> |
| 77 | </varlistentry> |
| 78 | |
| 79 | <varlistentry><term><option>unhold</option></term> |
| 80 | <listitem><para><literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a |
| 81 | previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again. |
| 82 | </para></listitem> |
| 83 | </varlistentry> |
| 84 | |
| 85 | <varlistentry><term><option>showauto</option></term> |
| 86 | <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a |
| 87 | list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line. |
| 88 | All automatically installed packages will be listed if no package is given. |
| 89 | If packages are given only those which are automatically installed will be shown. |
| 90 | </para></listitem> |
| 91 | </varlistentry> |
| 92 | |
| 93 | <varlistentry><term><option>showmanual</option></term> |
| 94 | <listitem><para><literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in |
| 95 | the same way as <literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print |
| 96 | a list of manually installed packages instead. |
| 97 | </para></listitem> |
| 98 | </varlistentry> |
| 99 | |
| 100 | <varlistentry><term><option>showhold</option></term> |
| 101 | <listitem><para><literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list |
| 102 | of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands. |
| 103 | </para></listitem> |
| 104 | </varlistentry> |
| 105 | |
| 106 | |
| 107 | </variablelist> |
| 108 | </refsect1> |
| 109 | |
| 110 | <refsect1><title>options</title> |
| 111 | |
| 112 | <variablelist> |
| 113 | <varlistentry> |
| 114 | <term><option>-f=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term> |
| 115 | <term><option>--file=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term> |
| 116 | <listitem><para> |
| 117 | Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter |
| 118 | &synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which |
| 119 | is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined |
| 120 | by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem> |
| 121 | </varlistentry> |
| 122 | |
| 123 | &apt-commonoptions; |
| 124 | </variablelist> |
| 125 | </refsect1> |
| 126 | |
| 127 | <refsect1><title>Files</title> |
| 128 | <variablelist> |
| 129 | &file-extended_states; |
| 130 | </variablelist> |
| 131 | </refsect1> |
| 132 | |
| 133 | <refsect1><title>See Also</title> |
| 134 | <para><phrase>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</phrase></para> |
| 135 | </refsect1> |
| 136 | |
| 137 | <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title> |
| 138 | <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para> |
| 139 | </refsect1> |
| 140 | |
| 141 | &manbugs; |
| 142 | |
| 143 | </refentry> |