<?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" [ <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent; ]> <refentry> <refentryinfo> &apt-author.moconnor; &apt-author.team; &apt-email; &apt-product; <!-- The last update date --> <date>9 August 2009</date> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <!-- Man page title --> <refnamediv> <refname>apt-mark</refname> <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> <refsect1><title>Description</title> <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has been marked as being automatically installed. </para> <para> 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. Once these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry><term>markauto</term> <listitem><para><literal>markauto</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 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> <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>options</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term> <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term> <listitem><para> Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename> instead of 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> </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>Files</title> <variablelist> &file-extended_states; </variablelist> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>See Also</title> <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para> </refsect1> <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title> <para><command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on error.</para> </refsect1> &manbugs; </refentry>