.TH DPKG-UNHOLD 8 "2009-06-02" "Debian Project" "dlocate"
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.SH NAME
dpkg-unhold - mark held packages for installation


.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dpkg-unhold
.RI [ PACKAGE .\|.\|.]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
.B 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.

.SH "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.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBdpkg\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-hold\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-remove\fP(1),
\fBdpkg-purge\fP(1)

.SH AUTHOR
dpkg-unhold was written Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>. dpkg-unhold is Free Software placed in the public domain.