DPKG-HOLD
Section: dlocate (8)
Updated: 2009-06-02
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NAME
dpkg-hold - mark packages as `hold' to prevent installation
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-hold
[PACKAGE...]
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-hold
marks package(s) to be held.
It achieves this by running `dpkg --set-selections' and piping in the
package name(s) followed by `hold'.
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.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1),
dpkg-unhold(1),
dpkg-remove(1),
dpkg-purge(1)
AUTHOR
dpkg-hold was written Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>. dpkg-hold is Free Software placed in the public domain.
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