From d5a58cba9dee726dfcce715e05d3d60e45134d50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junjue Wang Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:15:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] aptitude: add search term and hold examples (#3380) --- pages/linux/aptitude.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/pages/linux/aptitude.md b/pages/linux/aptitude.md index 8c8f8c53ca..9855eab001 100644 --- a/pages/linux/aptitude.md +++ b/pages/linux/aptitude.md @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ `aptitude search {{package}}` +- Search for an installed package (`?installed` is an aptitude search term): + +`aptitude search '?installed({{package}})'` + - Remove a package and all packages depending on it: `aptitude remove {{package}}` @@ -25,3 +29,7 @@ - Upgrade installed packages (like `aptitude upgrade`) including removing obsolete packages and installing additional packages to meet new package dependencies: `aptitude full-upgrade` + +- Put an installed package on hold to prevent it from being automatically upgraded: + +`aptitude hold '?installed({{package}})'`