Debian: Remove package from update list

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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)

 

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

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html

 

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