doc/apt-mark.8.xml

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  11
  12  <refentryinfo>
  13    &apt-author.moconnor;
  14    &apt-author.team;
  15    &apt-email;
  16    &apt-product;
  17    <!-- The last update date -->
  18    <date>9 August 2009</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>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</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="plain">
  39                 <arg choice="plain">
  40                         <group choice="req">
  41                                 <arg choice="plain">markauto</arg>
  42                                 <arg choice="plain">unmarkauto</arg>
  43                         </group>
  44                         <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
  45                 </arg>
  46                 <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
  47         </group>
  48    </cmdsynopsis>
  49  </refsynopsisdiv>
  50
  51  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
  52    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
  53    been marked as being automatically installed.
  54    </para>
  55    <para>
  56      When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
  57      other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
  58      dependencies are marked as being automatically installed.  Once
  59      these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
  60      by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
  61      <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
  62    </para>
  63      <variablelist>
  64        <varlistentry><term>markauto</term>
  65          <listitem><para><literal>markauto</literal> is used to mark a
  66      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
  67      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
  68      depend on this package.
  69        </para></listitem>
  70        </varlistentry>
  71
  72        <varlistentry><term>unmarkauto</term>
  73          <listitem><para><literal>unmarkauto</literal> is used to mark a
  74      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
  75      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
  76      depend on it.
  77        </para></listitem>
  78        </varlistentry>
  79
  80        <varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
  81          <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
  82      list of manually installed packages with each package on a new line.
  83        </para></listitem>
  84        </varlistentry>
  85      </variablelist>
  86  </refsect1>
  87
  88  <refsect1><title>options</title>
  89
  90    <variablelist>
  91         <varlistentry>
  92                 <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
  93                 <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
  94      <listitem><para>
  95
  96      Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename>
  97      instead of the default location, which
  98      is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
  99      by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
 100      </varlistentry>
 101
 102      <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
 103      <term><option>--help</option></term>
 104      <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
 105      </para>
 106      </listitem>
 107      </varlistentry>
 108
 109      <varlistentry>
 110       <term><option>-v</option></term>
 111       <term><option>--version</option></term>
 112       <listitem><para>Show the program version.
 113      </para>
 114      </listitem>
 115      </varlistentry>
 116
 117
 118    </variablelist>
 119  </refsect1>
 120
 121  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
 122    <variablelist>
 123       <varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>
 124       <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.
 125                       Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>
 126                       sets the path to the <filename>extended_states</filename> file.
 127       </para></listitem>
 128       </varlistentry>
 129    </variablelist>
 130  </refsect1>
 131
 132  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
 133    <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para>
 134  </refsect1>
 135
 136  <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
 137    <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para>
 138  </refsect1>
 139
 140  &manbugs;
 141
 142 </refentry>