Thanks Ralph
apt-mark showhold showed just flatpak
I was not able to run
apt-rdepends --state-follow=Installed --state-show=Installed -r flatpak
came back
apt-rdepend command not found
Regards
Tim H
On 14/08/2026 10:32, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi Tim,
so I uninstalled [flatpak]. This morning my system tells me there is
an update and it wants to install package flatpak (1.16.6-1~deb13u2).
I think this will show what wants it installed.
apt-rdepends --state-follow=Installed --state-show=Installed -r flatpak
If it prints just ‘flatpak’ then no other installed or
marked-for-install package has it as a dependency.
Perhaps it is still marked for install from earlier?
apt-mark showinstall | grep -x flatpak
How do I block it from installing the Flatpak application??
Is it simply:
sudo apt-mark hold flatpak (1.16.6-1~deb13u2)
Or is it:
sudo apt-mark hold flatpak
The latter. Afterwards, ‘apt-mark showhold’ should confirm.
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