Bug#432092: apt: No official way to tell APT to keep packages on autoremove
Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> writes:
> Hi Michael.
>
> Michael Vogt, 26.07.2007 10:45:
>> On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 03:18:15PM +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote:
>>> AFAIS does APT provide no official way to keep packages when they have
>>> been recognized as no longer needed and autoremovable. You can always do
>>> an "apt-get install --reinstall $package" but I think something like
>>> "apt-get keep $package" would be more intuitive.
>>
>> apt-get install $package (for a already installed package) should set
>> it to manually installed and it will disappear from the autoremove
>> list.
>
> Oh, OK. Didn’t know that. It’s not really intuitive either, but at least easier
> to type.
Can we close this bug report then?
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