DPKG-UNHOLD(8)                               dlocate                               DPKG-UNHOLD(8)



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) fol‐
       lowed 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, apti‐
       tude, 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 AT taz.au>.  dpkg-unhold  is  Free  Software
       placed in the public domain.



Debian Project                              2009-06-02                             DPKG-UNHOLD(8)