NAME¶
apt-mark - show, set and unset various settings for a package
SYNOPSIS¶
apt-mark {-f=filename |
{auto | manual} pkg... |
{showauto | showmanual} [pkg...] } |
{-v | --version} | {-h | --help}
apt-mark
{hold | unhold | install | remove | purge} pkg...
|
{showhold | showinstall | showremove | showpurge} [pkg...]
DESCRIPTION¶
apt-mark can be used as a unified front-end to set various
settings for a package, such as marking a package as being
automatically/manually installed or changing dpkg selections such as
hold, install, deinstall and purge which are respected e.g. by apt-get
dselect-upgrade or aptitude.
AUTOMATICALLY AND MANUALLY INSTALLED PACKAGES¶
When you request that a package is installed, and as a result
other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies
are marked as being automatically installed, while the package you installed
explicitly is marked as manually installed. Once an automatically installed
package is no longer depended on by any manually installed package it is
considered no longer needed and e.g. apt-get or aptitude will
at least suggest removing them.
auto
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.
manual
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.
minimize-manual
minimize-manual is used to mark (transitive) dependencies
of metapackages as automatically installed. This can be used after an
installation for example, to minimize the number of manually installed
packages; or continuously on systems managed by system configuration
metapackages.
showauto
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
showmanual can be used in the same way as showauto except
that it will print a list of manually installed packages instead.
Options¶
-f=filename,
--file=filename
Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the
parameter filename instead of from the default location, which is
extended_states in the directory defined by the Configuration Item:
Dir::State.
PREVENT CHANGES FOR A PACKAGE¶
hold
hold is used to mark a package as held back, which will
prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or
removed.
unhold
unhold is used to cancel a previously set hold on a
package to allow all actions again.
showhold
showhold is used to print a list of packages on hold in
the same way as for the other show commands.
SCHEDULE PACKAGES FOR INSTALL, REMOVE AND PURGE¶
Some front-ends like apt-get dselect-upgrade can be used to
apply previously scheduled changes to the install state of packages. Such
changes can be scheduled with the install, remove (also known
as deinstall) and purge commands. Packages with a specific
selection can be displayed with showinstall, showremove and
showpurge respectively. More information about these so called dpkg
selections can be found in dpkg(1).
OPTIONS¶
-h, --help
Show a short usage summary.
-v, --version
Show the program version.
--audit
Show audit (and notice) messages. This overrides the
quiet option, but only for notice messages, not progress ones.
-c, --config-file
Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
The program will read the default configuration file and then this
configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before the
default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
APT_CONFIG environment variable. See
apt.conf(5) for syntax
information.
-o, --option
Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
configuration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar. -o and
--option can be used multiple times to set different options.
--no-color, --color
Turn colors on or off. Colors are on by default on
supported terminals for
apt(8) and can also be disabled using the
NO_COLOR or
APT_NO_COLOR environment variables, or further
configured by the
APT::Color configuration option and scope, see
apt.conf(5) for information on that.
FILES¶
/var/lib/apt/extended_states
Status list of auto-installed packages. Configuration
Item: Dir::State::extended_states.
DIAGNOSTICS¶
apt-mark returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on
error.
BUGS¶
APT bug page[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please
see /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the reportbug(1)
command.
AUTHORS¶
Mike O'Connor
APT team
