NAME¶

dpkg-unhold - mark held packages for installation

SYNOPSIS¶

dpkg-unhold [package...]

WARNING¶

This command is deprecated, and will be removed during in Debian forky, use "dpkg --set-selections" or "apt-mark" instead.

DESCRIPTION¶

dpkg-unhold marks package(s) to be installed.

It achieves this by running "dpkg --set-selections" and piping in the package name(s) followed by install.

NOTE: This program does not install, remove, purge any package. It ONLY sets the status of the package. Any actual removal or purging is done the next time dselect, apt-get, aptitude, etc are run.

BUGS¶

The name is little bit of a misnomer in that it marks the package for installation. This effectively "unholds" the package if it is held, but will cause dselect/apt/etc to install it if it wasn't already installed.

SEE ALSO¶

dpkg(1), apt-mark(8), dpkg-hold(1), dpkg-remove(1), dpkg-purge(1).