debian man page for dpkg-unhold

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

NAME
       dpkg-unhold - program to flag for installation a package or packages

SYNOPSIS
       dpkg-unhold [PACKAGE...]

DESCRIPTION
       dpkg-unhold marks package(s) to be held.

       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.

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