Apt-get deselecting Packages

brianthegreat · 04-19-2006, 03:38 PM

Is there anyway to deselect packages for apt-get considering the firefox 1.0.8 is being presented for an update? Redhat would allow this option regarding up2date but did not play around with yum enough to really find issues of this nature.

Bascially, I would prefer that apt-get not consider firefox as an upgrade since I'm using 1.5 and possess little interest downgrading to 1.0.8.

pljvaldez · 04-19-2006, 03:48 PM

The way to accomplish this is with apt pinning. http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Apt-Pinning_on_Ubuntu

pljvaldez · 04-19-2006, 03:56 PM

When you installed the 1.5, did you uninstall the firefox that came with Ubuntu? If not, it might be trying to upgrade that one (probably version 1.07). If that's the case, you'll want to pin it to 1.07 (or whatever that one is). I think you can find out which version you have installed by doing dpkg -l *firefox

rickh · 04-19-2006, 04:13 PM

Programs for which currency is particularly desireable, such as Firefox, should be downloaded using apt-get as soon as they are available in Sid. Once that's done, change your sources.list back to testing, or whatever, and you won't have to worry about it any more.

Doesn't specifically address your problem, but it's a method I find satisfactory. If you want to mess with it, you could #dpkg remove --purge firefox ... then apt-get 1.5 back from Sid, and your problem is solved.