Debian: Remove package from update list

Fergal1982 · #1 21-Sep-2008, 11:45 PM

Does anyone know how to stop a package being updated by apt-get dist-upgrade?

To be clear, I dont want to remove the package, I just want to make sure it doesnt update from apt-get any more (its a website I initially installed via apt-get, but I want to maintain it manually from now on)

**zimbo** · #2 22-Sep-2008, 12:23 AM

i did this a while ago and i think it worked:

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap...pt-get.en.html

Quote:

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3.10 How to keep specific versions of packages installed (complex)

You may have occasion to modify something in a package and don't have time or don't want to port those changes to a new version of the program. Or, for instance, you may have just upgraded your Debian distribution to 3.0, but want to continue with the version of a certain package from Debian 2.2. You can "pin" the version you have installed so that it will not be upgraded.

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Fergal1982 · #3 22-Sep-2008, 01:42 PM

Thanks for that Zimbo. I actually think I had a cleaner solution though. aptitude has a hold method that is supposed to do the same job.

Code:

apt-get hold <package>

I'm not sure it filters through to apt-get, but i'll give it a shot. Failing that, I'll come back to your suggestion.

Cheers