dpkg-unhold(8)

dpkg-unhold8

Mark held packages for installation

Usage

dpkg-unhold [package ...]

Warning

This command is deprecated, and will be removed during in Debian forky, use "dpkg --set-selections" or "apt-mark" instead.

Overview

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.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 6.0–7
  2. 8–12
  3. 13

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.

From dlocate 1.17 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.