diff --git a/pages/linux/apt-mark.md b/pages/linux/apt-mark.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..296d56f088 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/apt-mark.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# apt-mark + +> Utility to change the status of installed packages. + +- Mark a package as automatically installed: + +`sudo apt-mark auto {{package_name}}` + +- Hold a package at its current version and prevent updates to it: + +`sudo apt-mark hold {{package_name}}` + +- Allow a package to be updated again: + +`sudo apt-mark unhold {{package_name}}` + +- Show manually installed packages: + +`apt-mark showmanual` + +- Show held packages that aren't being updated: + +`apt-mark showhold`