bionic (8) dpkg-unhold.8.gz

Provided by: dlocate_1.07+nmu1_all bug

NAME

       dpkg-unhold - mark held packages for installation

SYNOPSIS

       dpkg-unhold [PACKAGE...]

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.

SEE ALSO

       dpkg(1), dpkg-hold(1), dpkg-remove(1), dpkg-purge(1)

AUTHOR

       dpkg-unhold was written Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>. dpkg-unhold is Free Software placed in the public
       domain.