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apt-mark: Mark a package as automatically installed.

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$ sudo apt-mark auto ${package_name}

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The command sudo apt-mark auto ${package_name} is used in Debian-based Linux systems, like Ubuntu, to mark a specific package as automatically installed. Here is a breakdown of the command:

sudo: It is used to run the following command as a superuser or root user, providing administrative privileges. This is needed as marking packages requires elevated permissions.
apt-mark: It is a command-line tool in Ubuntu and other Debian-based distributions that helps manage package states. In this case, it is used to modify the installation status of packages.
auto: The auto argument specifies that the given package should be marked as automatically installed. Automatic installation means that if the package is no longer required by any other package, it can be automatically removed during system cleanup.
${package_name}: This is a placeholder for the actual name of the package you want to mark as automatically installed. You should replace ${package_name} with the desired package name, without the curly brackets.

So, when you execute the command with the appropriate package name, it will mark that package as automatically installed in order to manage it efficiently during system cleanups.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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