<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
-<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
%aptent;
<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
%aptverbatiment;
+<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent">
+%aptvendor;
]>
<refentry>
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>9 August 2009</date>
+ <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<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="plain">
- <arg choice="plain">
- <group choice="req">
- <arg choice="plain">markauto</arg>
- <arg choice="plain">unmarkauto</arg>
- </group>
- <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
- </arg>
- <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
- </group>
- </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.
<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><option>auto</option></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><option>manual</option></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>showauto</term>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>hold</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> 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 <command>dpkg --set-selections</command>
+ and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not affected
+ by the <option>--file</option> option.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>unhold</option></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><option>showauto</option></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><option>showmanual</option></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><option>showhold</option></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>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
- <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
+ <term><option>-f=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
+ <term><option>--file=&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term>
<listitem><para>
-
- Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></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 <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>
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
- <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para>
+ <para><phrase>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</phrase></para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
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