| 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.
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