1APT-MARK(8)                           APT                          APT-MARK(8)
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NAME

6       apt-mark - show, set and unset various settings for a package
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SYNOPSIS

9       apt-mark {-f=filename | {auto | manual} pkg...  |
10                {showauto | showmanual} [pkg...] } | {-v | --version} |
11                {-h | --help}
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13       apt-mark {hold | unhold | install | remove | purge} pkg...  |
14                {showhold | showinstall | showremove | showpurge} [pkg...]
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DESCRIPTION

17       apt-mark can be used as a unified front-end to set various settings for
18       a package, such as marking a package as being automatically/manually
19       installed or changing dpkg selections such as hold, install, deinstall
20       and purge which are respected e.g. by apt-get dselect-upgrade or
21       aptitude.
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AUTOMATICALLY AND MANUALLY INSTALLED PACKAGES

24       When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other
25       packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies
26       are marked as being automatically installed, while the package you
27       installed explicitly is marked as manually installed. Once an
28       automatically installed package is no longer depended on by any
29       manually installed package it is considered no longer needed and e.g.
30       apt-get or aptitude will at least suggest removing them.
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32       auto
33           auto is used to mark a package as being automatically installed,
34           which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually
35           installed packages depend on this package.
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37       manual
38           manual is used to mark a package as being manually installed, which
39           will prevent the package from being automatically removed if no
40           other packages depend on it.
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42       minimize-manual
43           minimize-manual is used to mark (transitive) dependencies of
44           metapackages as automatically installed. This can be used after an
45           installation for example, to minimize the number of manually
46           installed packages; or continuously on systems managed by system
47           configuration metapackages.
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49       showauto
50           showauto is used to print a list of automatically installed
51           packages with each package on a new line. All automatically
52           installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If
53           packages are given only those which are automatically installed
54           will be shown.
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56       showmanual
57           showmanual can be used in the same way as showauto except that it
58           will print a list of manually installed packages instead.
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60   Options
61       -f=filename, --file=filename
62           Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter
63           filename instead of from the default location, which is
64           extended_states in the directory defined by the Configuration Item:
65           Dir::State.
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PREVENT CHANGES FOR A PACKAGE

68       hold
69           hold is used to mark a package as held back, which will prevent the
70           package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
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72       unhold
73           unhold is used to cancel a previously set hold on a package to
74           allow all actions again.
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76       showhold
77           showhold is used to print a list of packages on hold in the same
78           way as for the other show commands.
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SCHEDULE PACKAGES FOR INSTALL, REMOVE AND PURGE

81       Some front-ends like apt-get dselect-upgrade can be used to apply
82       previously scheduled changes to the install state of packages. Such
83       changes can be scheduled with the install, remove (also known as
84       deinstall) and purge commands. Packages with a specific selection can
85       be displayed with showinstall, showremove and showpurge respectively.
86       More information about these so called dpkg selections can be found in
87       dpkg(1).
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OPTIONS

90       -h, --help
91           Show a short usage summary.
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93       -v, --version
94           Show the program version.
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96       -c, --config-file
97           Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. The
98           program will read the default configuration file and then this
99           configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before
100           the default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the
101           APT_CONFIG environment variable. See apt.conf(5) for syntax
102           information.
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104       -o, --option
105           Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
106           configuration option. The syntax is -o Foo::Bar=bar.  -o and
107           --option can be used multiple times to set different options.
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FILES

110       /var/lib/apt/extended_states
111           Status list of auto-installed packages. Configuration Item:
112           Dir::State::extended_states.
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SEE ALSO

115       apt-get(8),aptitude(8),apt.conf(5)
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DIAGNOSTICS

118       apt-mark returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.
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BUGS

121       APT bug page[1]. If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
122       /usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the reportbug(1) command.
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AUTHORS

125       Mike O'Connor
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127       APT team
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NOTES

130        1. APT bug page
131           http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt
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135APT 2.7.6                      11 December 2018                    APT-MARK(8)
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