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dpkg-unhold

NAME
SYNOPSIS
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DESCRIPTION
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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.