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cccc	06-20-2012 04:38 AM

exclude some packages from updates using 'apt-get update'

Hi

I have wheezy installed.
Howto exclude some packages from updates using 'apt-get update'?

craigevil

06-20-2012 04:48 AM

Either use apt-pinning or hold the packages you do not want updated.

cynwulf

06-21-2012 04:58 AM

For apt-get

Code:

# echo "package-foo hold" | dpkg --set-selections

For aptitude (but the hold only applies to aptitude - apt-get will still go ahead and upgrade)

Code:

# aptitude hold package-foo

To prevent a specific version being installed with aptitude (i.e. this won't stop 0.0.1-buggy2 being installed or from apt-get installing 0.0.1-buggy1)

Code:

# aptitude forbid-version package-foo=0.0.1-buggy1

Where "package-foo" is the name of the package you want to put on hold.

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