Re: How to remove deb-multimedia-keyring package from apt-ge…

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Author: Lennart Sorensen
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To: dmo-discussion
Subject: Re: How to remove deb-multimedia-keyring package from apt-get autoremove list.
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 08:37:43AM +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
> If a package is already installed another install does nothing. In that
> case you need to use the --reinstall option and then the package is
> reinstalled but the package remain autoinstalled.


My experience is that 'apt-get install package' on an installed package
will say '<packagename> set to manually installed' if it was auto before.
Reinstall not necesary.

> This option exist ? I see nothing in the manual page.


apt-get --help shows it. Man page is lacking though.

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Len Sorensen