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APT-MARK(8)			      APT			   APT-MARK(8)

NAME
       apt-mark - mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed

SYNOPSIS
       apt-mark [-hv] [-f=FILENAME] {markauto | unmarkauto} package...	|
		showauto

DESCRIPTION
       apt-mark will change whether a package has been marked as being
       automatically installed.

       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.  apt-get or aptitude.

       markauto
	   markauto 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.

       unmarkauto
	   unmarkauto 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.

       showauto
	   showauto is used to print a list of automatically installed
	   packages with each package on a new line.

OPTIONS
       -f=FILENAME, --file=FILENAME
	   Read/Write package stats from FILENAME instead of the default
	   location, which is extended_status in the directory defined by the
	   Configuration Item: Dir::State.

       -h, --help
	   Show a short usage summary.

       -v, --version
	   Show the program version.

FILES
       /var/lib/apt/extended_states
	   Status list of auto-installed packages. Configuration Item:
	   Dir::State::extended_states.

SEE ALSO
       apt-get(8),aptitude(8),apt.conf(5)

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

NOTES
	1. APT bug page
	   http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt

Linux				 9 August 2009			   APT-MARK(8)

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