How to prevent updating of a specific package?












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Because of bug #693758 I'd like to prevent apt-get upgrade and Update Manager from updating the "libgtk2.0-0" package.



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  • @hhlp: But this question is asking about a package that was never installed.
    – Nathan Osman
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    @George Edison - There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package. so Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update. (you can't hold a package that was never installed also see my question is the same).... i tested that right now - see he said disable packages from the auto-update
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Because of bug #693758 I'd like to prevent apt-get upgrade and Update Manager from updating the "libgtk2.0-0" package.



How can this be achieved?










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  • @hhlp: But this question is asking about a package that was never installed.
    – Nathan Osman
    Oct 26 '11 at 18:17






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    @George Edison - There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package. so Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update. (you can't hold a package that was never installed also see my question is the same).... i tested that right now - see he said disable packages from the auto-update
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Because of bug #693758 I'd like to prevent apt-get upgrade and Update Manager from updating the "libgtk2.0-0" package.



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Because of bug #693758 I'd like to prevent apt-get upgrade and Update Manager from updating the "libgtk2.0-0" package.



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  • @hhlp: But this question is asking about a package that was never installed.
    – Nathan Osman
    Oct 26 '11 at 18:17






  • 1




    @George Edison - There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package. so Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update. (you can't hold a package that was never installed also see my question is the same).... i tested that right now - see he said disable packages from the auto-update
    – hhlp
    Oct 26 '11 at 18:41




















  • @hhlp: But this question is asking about a package that was never installed.
    – Nathan Osman
    Oct 26 '11 at 18:17






  • 1




    @George Edison - There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package. so Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update. (you can't hold a package that was never installed also see my question is the same).... i tested that right now - see he said disable packages from the auto-update
    – hhlp
    Oct 26 '11 at 18:41


















@hhlp: But this question is asking about a package that was never installed.
– Nathan Osman
Oct 26 '11 at 18:17




@hhlp: But this question is asking about a package that was never installed.
– Nathan Osman
Oct 26 '11 at 18:17




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@George Edison - There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package. so Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update. (you can't hold a package that was never installed also see my question is the same).... i tested that right now - see he said disable packages from the auto-update
– hhlp
Oct 26 '11 at 18:41






@George Edison - There is also package holding, which allows you to not update the package. so Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update. (you can't hold a package that was never installed also see my question is the same).... i tested that right now - see he said disable packages from the auto-update
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Holding



There are four ways of holding back packages: with dpkg, apt, aptitude or dselect.



dpkg



Put a package on hold:



echo "<package-name> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


Remove the hold:



echo "<package-name> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


Display the status of your packages:



dpkg --get-selections


Display the status of a single package:



dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package-name>"


apt



Hold a package:



sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>


Remove the hold:



sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>


dselect



With dselect, enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you wish to hold in its present state and press = or H. The changes will take effect immediately after exiting the [S]elect screen.





The following approaches are limited in that locking/holding a package within aptitude or synaptic doesn't affect apt-get/apt.



aptitude



Hold a package:



sudo aptitude hold <package-name>


Remove the hold:



sudo aptitude unhold <package-name>


Locking with Synaptic Package Manager



Go to Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager).



Click the search button and type the package name.



When you find the package, select it and go to the Package menu and select Lock Version.



Synaptic menu



That package will now not show in the update manager and will not be updated.






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    This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
    – Lekensteyn
    Aug 20 '11 at 10:47






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    Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
    – Stephanie
    Aug 2 '12 at 5:22






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    Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
    – Joril
    Apr 2 '13 at 7:30






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    This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
    – earthmeLon
    Apr 18 '13 at 20:41






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    Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
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    Jul 18 '14 at 12:16





















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To put a package "foo" on hold:



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


In your case we are going to put wine on hold:



sudo -i
echo "wine hold" | dpkg --set-selections


To remove the hold:



sudo -i
echo "wine install" | dpkg --set-selections





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  • Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
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  • @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
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    @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
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I was looking for the same thing and after a lot of research I found that using the following syntax you can forbid one specific version but allow the next update:




Package: compiz-plugins-main
Pin: version 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10.1
Pin-Priority: -1


This goes into the /etc/apt/preferences file.






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    This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
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  • With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
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Install synaptic using sudo apt-get install synaptic.



Run using gksudo synaptic and on the search box locate the package you want to lock, ie: gedit



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From the package menu select Lock version:



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And that is all, the version currently installed at the time of the lock will stay installed even during upgrades.






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    Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
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    Dec 22 '11 at 12:09






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    vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
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Preventing a package from being installed is called "package holding" and it is very simple to do:




echo package_name hold | dpkg --set-selections


...where *package_name* is the name of the package you want to prevent from installation.



Note: the above command assumes root privileges. In other words, you will probably need to type sudo su before running it.






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  • Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
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  • s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
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Since some time apt-get is replaced by apt, so for example I want to prevent Firefox from updating to version above 56, because a lot of add-ons, like "Tab Groups" don't work any more with the new Firefox 57 (see "WebExtensions Update").



It is possible to hold more than one packages with one command and use wildcards.



Prevent Firefox from updating



sudo apt-mark hold firefox firefox-locale-*


If you should deside to unhold them later, that would be the command:



sudo apt-mark unhold firefox firefox-locale-*





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    I synaptic you can freeze the version of a specific package I'm not a 100% sure as to whether this will amend apt-get but it will definately stop update manager.



    To freeze a package select it in synaptic then open the package menu and select freeze version.



    Hope this helps



    edit: This question 16668 deals with a similar situation






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      Everything you ever wanted to know about "holding" and "pinning" packages to specific versions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto






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        See bugs #75332, #158981 and #72806.



        The summary is that hold at apt-get / aptitude level is not triggering hold status in dpkg (see bug 72806 especially) and update-manager reads status from dpkg.



        workaround is run as root:
        echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections






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          If you have Synaptic installed you can select the package and use the menu Package -> Lock Version to prevent it being updated.



          You can install Synaptic with sudo apt-get install synaptic. I personally find it more useful than the Software Center... then again, I'm fairly old school. :)






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            You can use on aptitude the "specific override", like this:



            aptitude reinstall ~i oracle-java8-jre:


            This is a one time only use of (not stored for future reinstalls), keep specific override, to reinstall all packages in your system but not oracle-java8-jre.



            If you use a keep specific override, the package will momentarily be in a state of keep an aptitude will not try to install it.



            A very good thing if you think your system was compromised some how.






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              Occasionally one might want to hold back all the packages currently installed. Here's how.



              First save the current state, so you can undo:



              dpkg --get-selections > current_selections.txt


              Then, to hold back all the packages:



              dpkg --get-selections | sed -r "s/tinstall/hold/" |dpkg --set-selections


              Finally, when you want to revert back to the previous state:



              dpkg --set-selections < current_selections.txt


              One use case for this might be when creating a VM or Amazon AMI snapshot to migrate from a QA to production environment.






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                Holding



                There are four ways of holding back packages: with dpkg, apt, aptitude or dselect.



                dpkg



                Put a package on hold:



                echo "<package-name> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Remove the hold:



                echo "<package-name> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Display the status of your packages:



                dpkg --get-selections


                Display the status of a single package:



                dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package-name>"


                apt



                Hold a package:



                sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>


                dselect



                With dselect, enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you wish to hold in its present state and press = or H. The changes will take effect immediately after exiting the [S]elect screen.





                The following approaches are limited in that locking/holding a package within aptitude or synaptic doesn't affect apt-get/apt.



                aptitude



                Hold a package:



                sudo aptitude hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo aptitude unhold <package-name>


                Locking with Synaptic Package Manager



                Go to Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager).



                Click the search button and type the package name.



                When you find the package, select it and go to the Package menu and select Lock Version.



                Synaptic menu



                That package will now not show in the update manager and will not be updated.






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                  This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
                  – Lekensteyn
                  Aug 20 '11 at 10:47






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                  Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
                  – Stephanie
                  Aug 2 '12 at 5:22






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                  Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
                  – Joril
                  Apr 2 '13 at 7:30






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                  This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
                  – earthmeLon
                  Apr 18 '13 at 20:41






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                  Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
                  – holocronweaver
                  Jul 18 '14 at 12:16


















                510














                Holding



                There are four ways of holding back packages: with dpkg, apt, aptitude or dselect.



                dpkg



                Put a package on hold:



                echo "<package-name> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Remove the hold:



                echo "<package-name> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Display the status of your packages:



                dpkg --get-selections


                Display the status of a single package:



                dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package-name>"


                apt



                Hold a package:



                sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>


                dselect



                With dselect, enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you wish to hold in its present state and press = or H. The changes will take effect immediately after exiting the [S]elect screen.





                The following approaches are limited in that locking/holding a package within aptitude or synaptic doesn't affect apt-get/apt.



                aptitude



                Hold a package:



                sudo aptitude hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo aptitude unhold <package-name>


                Locking with Synaptic Package Manager



                Go to Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager).



                Click the search button and type the package name.



                When you find the package, select it and go to the Package menu and select Lock Version.



                Synaptic menu



                That package will now not show in the update manager and will not be updated.






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                  This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
                  – Lekensteyn
                  Aug 20 '11 at 10:47






                • 3




                  Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
                  – Stephanie
                  Aug 2 '12 at 5:22






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                  Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
                  – Joril
                  Apr 2 '13 at 7:30






                • 1




                  This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
                  – earthmeLon
                  Apr 18 '13 at 20:41






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                  Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
                  – holocronweaver
                  Jul 18 '14 at 12:16
















                510












                510








                510






                Holding



                There are four ways of holding back packages: with dpkg, apt, aptitude or dselect.



                dpkg



                Put a package on hold:



                echo "<package-name> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Remove the hold:



                echo "<package-name> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Display the status of your packages:



                dpkg --get-selections


                Display the status of a single package:



                dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package-name>"


                apt



                Hold a package:



                sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>


                dselect



                With dselect, enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you wish to hold in its present state and press = or H. The changes will take effect immediately after exiting the [S]elect screen.





                The following approaches are limited in that locking/holding a package within aptitude or synaptic doesn't affect apt-get/apt.



                aptitude



                Hold a package:



                sudo aptitude hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo aptitude unhold <package-name>


                Locking with Synaptic Package Manager



                Go to Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager).



                Click the search button and type the package name.



                When you find the package, select it and go to the Package menu and select Lock Version.



                Synaptic menu



                That package will now not show in the update manager and will not be updated.






                share|improve this answer














                Holding



                There are four ways of holding back packages: with dpkg, apt, aptitude or dselect.



                dpkg



                Put a package on hold:



                echo "<package-name> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Remove the hold:



                echo "<package-name> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections


                Display the status of your packages:



                dpkg --get-selections


                Display the status of a single package:



                dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package-name>"


                apt



                Hold a package:



                sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>


                dselect



                With dselect, enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you wish to hold in its present state and press = or H. The changes will take effect immediately after exiting the [S]elect screen.





                The following approaches are limited in that locking/holding a package within aptitude or synaptic doesn't affect apt-get/apt.



                aptitude



                Hold a package:



                sudo aptitude hold <package-name>


                Remove the hold:



                sudo aptitude unhold <package-name>


                Locking with Synaptic Package Manager



                Go to Synaptic Package Manager (System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager).



                Click the search button and type the package name.



                When you find the package, select it and go to the Package menu and select Lock Version.



                Synaptic menu



                That package will now not show in the update manager and will not be updated.







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                • 4




                  This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
                  – Lekensteyn
                  Aug 20 '11 at 10:47






                • 3




                  Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
                  – Stephanie
                  Aug 2 '12 at 5:22






                • 2




                  Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
                  – Joril
                  Apr 2 '13 at 7:30






                • 1




                  This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
                  – earthmeLon
                  Apr 18 '13 at 20:41






                • 6




                  Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
                  – holocronweaver
                  Jul 18 '14 at 12:16
















                • 4




                  This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
                  – Lekensteyn
                  Aug 20 '11 at 10:47






                • 3




                  Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
                  – Stephanie
                  Aug 2 '12 at 5:22






                • 2




                  Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
                  – Joril
                  Apr 2 '13 at 7:30






                • 1




                  This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
                  – earthmeLon
                  Apr 18 '13 at 20:41






                • 6




                  Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
                  – holocronweaver
                  Jul 18 '14 at 12:16










                4




                4




                This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
                – Lekensteyn
                Aug 20 '11 at 10:47




                This also works to prevent a package from being installed. When installing devscripts, a lot packaged are pulled as Recommended packages. As I don't need a mailserver (postfix), I could disable the installation of it by running echo postfix hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections before running sudo apt-get install devscripts. This hold action persists only for this installation, after the installation the selections are reset.
                – Lekensteyn
                Aug 20 '11 at 10:47




                3




                3




                Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
                – Stephanie
                Aug 2 '12 at 5:22




                Also worth pointing out, package holds do break upgrades and patches sometimes by creating a situation where there is no legal solution apt can calculate to a dependency. If package foo has a == < or <= dependency on libbar, then apt will refuse to upgrade libbar as well as foo. Over time, these cascading dependencies may grow to block a large number of updates, including important security updates. You'll need to either remove the hold and let the upgrade happen, or rebuild the packages you are holding against newer versions of its dependencies if this happens.
                – Stephanie
                Aug 2 '12 at 5:22




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                Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
                – Joril
                Apr 2 '13 at 7:30




                Just a note: apt-mark doesn't support hold in version 0.7.25 (Ubuntu Lucid)
                – Joril
                Apr 2 '13 at 7:30




                1




                1




                This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
                – earthmeLon
                Apr 18 '13 at 20:41




                This is especially useful when trying to hold back graphics drivers. For ATI users, apt-mark hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev && aptitude hold fglrx fglrx-amdcccle fglrx-dev.
                – earthmeLon
                Apr 18 '13 at 20:41




                6




                6




                Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
                – holocronweaver
                Jul 18 '14 at 12:16






                Currently synaptic and aptitude only lock packages within those programs. "Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this." From this question.
                – holocronweaver
                Jul 18 '14 at 12:16















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                To put a package "foo" on hold:



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


                In your case we are going to put wine on hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine hold" | dpkg --set-selections


                To remove the hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine install" | dpkg --set-selections





                share|improve this answer























                • Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
                  – rcoup
                  Jan 6 '15 at 2:24












                • @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
                  – cxrodgers
                  Aug 24 '18 at 14:40






                • 1




                  @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
                  – rcoup
                  Aug 27 '18 at 12:31
















                43














                To put a package "foo" on hold:



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


                In your case we are going to put wine on hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine hold" | dpkg --set-selections


                To remove the hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine install" | dpkg --set-selections





                share|improve this answer























                • Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
                  – rcoup
                  Jan 6 '15 at 2:24












                • @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
                  – cxrodgers
                  Aug 24 '18 at 14:40






                • 1




                  @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
                  – rcoup
                  Aug 27 '18 at 12:31














                43












                43








                43






                To put a package "foo" on hold:



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


                In your case we are going to put wine on hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine hold" | dpkg --set-selections


                To remove the hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine install" | dpkg --set-selections





                share|improve this answer














                To put a package "foo" on hold:



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


                In your case we are going to put wine on hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine hold" | dpkg --set-selections


                To remove the hold:



                sudo -i
                echo "wine install" | dpkg --set-selections






                share|improve this answer














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                • Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
                  – rcoup
                  Jan 6 '15 at 2:24












                • @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
                  – cxrodgers
                  Aug 24 '18 at 14:40






                • 1




                  @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
                  – rcoup
                  Aug 27 '18 at 12:31


















                • Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
                  – rcoup
                  Jan 6 '15 at 2:24












                • @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
                  – cxrodgers
                  Aug 24 '18 at 14:40






                • 1




                  @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
                  – rcoup
                  Aug 27 '18 at 12:31
















                Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
                – rcoup
                Jan 6 '15 at 2:24






                Also note that while a package is on hold, you can install a specific version via apt-get install wine=1.2.3. Being on hold prevents apt-get (dist-)upgrade from changing it.
                – rcoup
                Jan 6 '15 at 2:24














                @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
                – cxrodgers
                Aug 24 '18 at 14:40




                @rcoup If you have an old version on hold, and then you manually upgrade to a new version without removing the hold as you describe, will the old version be kept in the cache so that you can go back to it?
                – cxrodgers
                Aug 24 '18 at 14:40




                1




                1




                @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
                – rcoup
                Aug 27 '18 at 12:31




                @cxrodgers the local cache (typically /var/cache/apt/archives) is independent of holds & upgrades & stuff, so all the versions you've downloaded will be there until you run apt-get [auto]clean
                – rcoup
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                I was looking for the same thing and after a lot of research I found that using the following syntax you can forbid one specific version but allow the next update:




                Package: compiz-plugins-main
                Pin: version 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10.1
                Pin-Priority: -1


                This goes into the /etc/apt/preferences file.






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                  This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
                  – Eero Aaltonen
                  Sep 30 '13 at 10:31










                • With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
                  – Daniel Alder
                  Jan 10 '14 at 21:29
















                30














                I was looking for the same thing and after a lot of research I found that using the following syntax you can forbid one specific version but allow the next update:




                Package: compiz-plugins-main
                Pin: version 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10.1
                Pin-Priority: -1


                This goes into the /etc/apt/preferences file.






                share|improve this answer

















                • 6




                  This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
                  – Eero Aaltonen
                  Sep 30 '13 at 10:31










                • With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
                  – Daniel Alder
                  Jan 10 '14 at 21:29














                30












                30








                30






                I was looking for the same thing and after a lot of research I found that using the following syntax you can forbid one specific version but allow the next update:




                Package: compiz-plugins-main
                Pin: version 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10.1
                Pin-Priority: -1


                This goes into the /etc/apt/preferences file.






                share|improve this answer












                I was looking for the same thing and after a lot of research I found that using the following syntax you can forbid one specific version but allow the next update:




                Package: compiz-plugins-main
                Pin: version 1:0.9.7.0~bzr19-0ubuntu10.1
                Pin-Priority: -1


                This goes into the /etc/apt/preferences file.







                share|improve this answer












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                answered Jul 22 '13 at 11:13









                soger

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                • 6




                  This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
                  – Eero Aaltonen
                  Sep 30 '13 at 10:31










                • With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
                  – Daniel Alder
                  Jan 10 '14 at 21:29














                • 6




                  This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
                  – Eero Aaltonen
                  Sep 30 '13 at 10:31










                • With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
                  – Daniel Alder
                  Jan 10 '14 at 21:29








                6




                6




                This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
                – Eero Aaltonen
                Sep 30 '13 at 10:31




                This is a much better way than preventing updates indefinitely
                – Eero Aaltonen
                Sep 30 '13 at 10:31












                With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
                – Daniel Alder
                Jan 10 '14 at 21:29




                With this method, I think, chances are bigger to prevent ubuntu 'adware' like ubuntu one or the amazon icon from being reinstalled with the next release upgrade...
                – Daniel Alder
                Jan 10 '14 at 21:29











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                Install synaptic using sudo apt-get install synaptic.



                Run using gksudo synaptic and on the search box locate the package you want to lock, ie: gedit



                enter image description here



                From the package menu select Lock version:



                enter image description here



                And that is all, the version currently installed at the time of the lock will stay installed even during upgrades.






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                • 7




                  Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
                  – user25656
                  Dec 22 '11 at 12:09






                • 2




                  vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
                  – syockit
                  Nov 17 '12 at 7:25
















                19














                Install synaptic using sudo apt-get install synaptic.



                Run using gksudo synaptic and on the search box locate the package you want to lock, ie: gedit



                enter image description here



                From the package menu select Lock version:



                enter image description here



                And that is all, the version currently installed at the time of the lock will stay installed even during upgrades.






                share|improve this answer

















                • 7




                  Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
                  – user25656
                  Dec 22 '11 at 12:09






                • 2




                  vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
                  – syockit
                  Nov 17 '12 at 7:25














                19












                19








                19






                Install synaptic using sudo apt-get install synaptic.



                Run using gksudo synaptic and on the search box locate the package you want to lock, ie: gedit



                enter image description here



                From the package menu select Lock version:



                enter image description here



                And that is all, the version currently installed at the time of the lock will stay installed even during upgrades.






                share|improve this answer












                Install synaptic using sudo apt-get install synaptic.



                Run using gksudo synaptic and on the search box locate the package you want to lock, ie: gedit



                enter image description here



                From the package menu select Lock version:



                enter image description here



                And that is all, the version currently installed at the time of the lock will stay installed even during upgrades.







                share|improve this answer












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                answered Dec 8 '11 at 20:06









                Bruno Pereira

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                • 7




                  Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
                  – user25656
                  Dec 22 '11 at 12:09






                • 2




                  vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
                  – syockit
                  Nov 17 '12 at 7:25














                • 7




                  Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
                  – user25656
                  Dec 22 '11 at 12:09






                • 2




                  vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
                  – syockit
                  Nov 17 '12 at 7:25








                7




                7




                Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
                – user25656
                Dec 22 '11 at 12:09




                Please look at "Lock version is not as clever as it sounds. It's supposed to do what it says on the tin, lock the version... But it only locks it within Synaptic. Anything else that does package upgrades (read: Update Manager, apt-get, aptitude, etc) ignores this. This is probably buggy behaviour so I would expect this to be fixed in time." from askubuntu.com/questions/9607/what-does-lock-version-do. What is the current state? If something is locked in Synaptic, will other package managers "honor" the lock?
                – user25656
                Dec 22 '11 at 12:09




                2




                2




                vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
                – syockit
                Nov 17 '12 at 7:25




                vasa1: As of version 0.75.13, still no :( Same problem with aptitude.
                – syockit
                Nov 17 '12 at 7:25











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                Preventing a package from being installed is called "package holding" and it is very simple to do:




                echo package_name hold | dpkg --set-selections


                ...where *package_name* is the name of the package you want to prevent from installation.



                Note: the above command assumes root privileges. In other words, you will probably need to type sudo su before running it.






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                • Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
                  – asoundmove
                  Feb 5 '11 at 3:38










                • s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
                  – derobert
                  Jun 11 '15 at 19:57
















                16














                Preventing a package from being installed is called "package holding" and it is very simple to do:




                echo package_name hold | dpkg --set-selections


                ...where *package_name* is the name of the package you want to prevent from installation.



                Note: the above command assumes root privileges. In other words, you will probably need to type sudo su before running it.






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                • Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
                  – asoundmove
                  Feb 5 '11 at 3:38










                • s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
                  – derobert
                  Jun 11 '15 at 19:57














                16












                16








                16






                Preventing a package from being installed is called "package holding" and it is very simple to do:




                echo package_name hold | dpkg --set-selections


                ...where *package_name* is the name of the package you want to prevent from installation.



                Note: the above command assumes root privileges. In other words, you will probably need to type sudo su before running it.






                share|improve this answer














                Preventing a package from being installed is called "package holding" and it is very simple to do:




                echo package_name hold | dpkg --set-selections


                ...where *package_name* is the name of the package you want to prevent from installation.



                Note: the above command assumes root privileges. In other words, you will probably need to type sudo su before running it.







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                answered Feb 5 '11 at 1:18









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                • Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
                  – asoundmove
                  Feb 5 '11 at 3:38










                • s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
                  – derobert
                  Jun 11 '15 at 19:57


















                • Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
                  – asoundmove
                  Feb 5 '11 at 3:38










                • s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
                  – derobert
                  Jun 11 '15 at 19:57
















                Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
                – asoundmove
                Feb 5 '11 at 3:38




                Perfect this was the answer. Thank you.
                – asoundmove
                Feb 5 '11 at 3:38












                s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
                – derobert
                Jun 11 '15 at 19:57




                s/sudo su/sudo -s/g (or sudo -i). (-i will give a login shell, -s will not).
                – derobert
                Jun 11 '15 at 19:57











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                Since some time apt-get is replaced by apt, so for example I want to prevent Firefox from updating to version above 56, because a lot of add-ons, like "Tab Groups" don't work any more with the new Firefox 57 (see "WebExtensions Update").



                It is possible to hold more than one packages with one command and use wildcards.



                Prevent Firefox from updating



                sudo apt-mark hold firefox firefox-locale-*


                If you should deside to unhold them later, that would be the command:



                sudo apt-mark unhold firefox firefox-locale-*





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                  5














                  Since some time apt-get is replaced by apt, so for example I want to prevent Firefox from updating to version above 56, because a lot of add-ons, like "Tab Groups" don't work any more with the new Firefox 57 (see "WebExtensions Update").



                  It is possible to hold more than one packages with one command and use wildcards.



                  Prevent Firefox from updating



                  sudo apt-mark hold firefox firefox-locale-*


                  If you should deside to unhold them later, that would be the command:



                  sudo apt-mark unhold firefox firefox-locale-*





                  share|improve this answer


























                    5












                    5








                    5






                    Since some time apt-get is replaced by apt, so for example I want to prevent Firefox from updating to version above 56, because a lot of add-ons, like "Tab Groups" don't work any more with the new Firefox 57 (see "WebExtensions Update").



                    It is possible to hold more than one packages with one command and use wildcards.



                    Prevent Firefox from updating



                    sudo apt-mark hold firefox firefox-locale-*


                    If you should deside to unhold them later, that would be the command:



                    sudo apt-mark unhold firefox firefox-locale-*





                    share|improve this answer














                    Since some time apt-get is replaced by apt, so for example I want to prevent Firefox from updating to version above 56, because a lot of add-ons, like "Tab Groups" don't work any more with the new Firefox 57 (see "WebExtensions Update").



                    It is possible to hold more than one packages with one command and use wildcards.



                    Prevent Firefox from updating



                    sudo apt-mark hold firefox firefox-locale-*


                    If you should deside to unhold them later, that would be the command:



                    sudo apt-mark unhold firefox firefox-locale-*






                    share|improve this answer














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                    answered Nov 19 '17 at 7:45









                    rubo77

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                        I synaptic you can freeze the version of a specific package I'm not a 100% sure as to whether this will amend apt-get but it will definately stop update manager.



                        To freeze a package select it in synaptic then open the package menu and select freeze version.



                        Hope this helps



                        edit: This question 16668 deals with a similar situation






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                          I synaptic you can freeze the version of a specific package I'm not a 100% sure as to whether this will amend apt-get but it will definately stop update manager.



                          To freeze a package select it in synaptic then open the package menu and select freeze version.



                          Hope this helps



                          edit: This question 16668 deals with a similar situation






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                            4








                            4






                            I synaptic you can freeze the version of a specific package I'm not a 100% sure as to whether this will amend apt-get but it will definately stop update manager.



                            To freeze a package select it in synaptic then open the package menu and select freeze version.



                            Hope this helps



                            edit: This question 16668 deals with a similar situation






                            share|improve this answer














                            I synaptic you can freeze the version of a specific package I'm not a 100% sure as to whether this will amend apt-get but it will definately stop update manager.



                            To freeze a package select it in synaptic then open the package menu and select freeze version.



                            Hope this helps



                            edit: This question 16668 deals with a similar situation







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                                Everything you ever wanted to know about "holding" and "pinning" packages to specific versions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto






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                                  Everything you ever wanted to know about "holding" and "pinning" packages to specific versions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto






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                                    Everything you ever wanted to know about "holding" and "pinning" packages to specific versions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto






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                                    Everything you ever wanted to know about "holding" and "pinning" packages to specific versions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto







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                                        See bugs #75332, #158981 and #72806.



                                        The summary is that hold at apt-get / aptitude level is not triggering hold status in dpkg (see bug 72806 especially) and update-manager reads status from dpkg.



                                        workaround is run as root:
                                        echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections






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                                          See bugs #75332, #158981 and #72806.



                                          The summary is that hold at apt-get / aptitude level is not triggering hold status in dpkg (see bug 72806 especially) and update-manager reads status from dpkg.



                                          workaround is run as root:
                                          echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections






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                                            3






                                            See bugs #75332, #158981 and #72806.



                                            The summary is that hold at apt-get / aptitude level is not triggering hold status in dpkg (see bug 72806 especially) and update-manager reads status from dpkg.



                                            workaround is run as root:
                                            echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections






                                            share|improve this answer














                                            See bugs #75332, #158981 and #72806.



                                            The summary is that hold at apt-get / aptitude level is not triggering hold status in dpkg (see bug 72806 especially) and update-manager reads status from dpkg.



                                            workaround is run as root:
                                            echo "package hold" | dpkg --set-selections







                                            share|improve this answer














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                                                If you have Synaptic installed you can select the package and use the menu Package -> Lock Version to prevent it being updated.



                                                You can install Synaptic with sudo apt-get install synaptic. I personally find it more useful than the Software Center... then again, I'm fairly old school. :)






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                                                  If you have Synaptic installed you can select the package and use the menu Package -> Lock Version to prevent it being updated.



                                                  You can install Synaptic with sudo apt-get install synaptic. I personally find it more useful than the Software Center... then again, I'm fairly old school. :)






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                                                    If you have Synaptic installed you can select the package and use the menu Package -> Lock Version to prevent it being updated.



                                                    You can install Synaptic with sudo apt-get install synaptic. I personally find it more useful than the Software Center... then again, I'm fairly old school. :)






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                                                    If you have Synaptic installed you can select the package and use the menu Package -> Lock Version to prevent it being updated.



                                                    You can install Synaptic with sudo apt-get install synaptic. I personally find it more useful than the Software Center... then again, I'm fairly old school. :)







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                                                        You can use on aptitude the "specific override", like this:



                                                        aptitude reinstall ~i oracle-java8-jre:


                                                        This is a one time only use of (not stored for future reinstalls), keep specific override, to reinstall all packages in your system but not oracle-java8-jre.



                                                        If you use a keep specific override, the package will momentarily be in a state of keep an aptitude will not try to install it.



                                                        A very good thing if you think your system was compromised some how.






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                                                          You can use on aptitude the "specific override", like this:



                                                          aptitude reinstall ~i oracle-java8-jre:


                                                          This is a one time only use of (not stored for future reinstalls), keep specific override, to reinstall all packages in your system but not oracle-java8-jre.



                                                          If you use a keep specific override, the package will momentarily be in a state of keep an aptitude will not try to install it.



                                                          A very good thing if you think your system was compromised some how.






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                                                            You can use on aptitude the "specific override", like this:



                                                            aptitude reinstall ~i oracle-java8-jre:


                                                            This is a one time only use of (not stored for future reinstalls), keep specific override, to reinstall all packages in your system but not oracle-java8-jre.



                                                            If you use a keep specific override, the package will momentarily be in a state of keep an aptitude will not try to install it.



                                                            A very good thing if you think your system was compromised some how.






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                                                            You can use on aptitude the "specific override", like this:



                                                            aptitude reinstall ~i oracle-java8-jre:


                                                            This is a one time only use of (not stored for future reinstalls), keep specific override, to reinstall all packages in your system but not oracle-java8-jre.



                                                            If you use a keep specific override, the package will momentarily be in a state of keep an aptitude will not try to install it.



                                                            A very good thing if you think your system was compromised some how.







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                                                                Occasionally one might want to hold back all the packages currently installed. Here's how.



                                                                First save the current state, so you can undo:



                                                                dpkg --get-selections > current_selections.txt


                                                                Then, to hold back all the packages:



                                                                dpkg --get-selections | sed -r "s/tinstall/hold/" |dpkg --set-selections


                                                                Finally, when you want to revert back to the previous state:



                                                                dpkg --set-selections < current_selections.txt


                                                                One use case for this might be when creating a VM or Amazon AMI snapshot to migrate from a QA to production environment.






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                                                                  Occasionally one might want to hold back all the packages currently installed. Here's how.



                                                                  First save the current state, so you can undo:



                                                                  dpkg --get-selections > current_selections.txt


                                                                  Then, to hold back all the packages:



                                                                  dpkg --get-selections | sed -r "s/tinstall/hold/" |dpkg --set-selections


                                                                  Finally, when you want to revert back to the previous state:



                                                                  dpkg --set-selections < current_selections.txt


                                                                  One use case for this might be when creating a VM or Amazon AMI snapshot to migrate from a QA to production environment.






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                                                                    Occasionally one might want to hold back all the packages currently installed. Here's how.



                                                                    First save the current state, so you can undo:



                                                                    dpkg --get-selections > current_selections.txt


                                                                    Then, to hold back all the packages:



                                                                    dpkg --get-selections | sed -r "s/tinstall/hold/" |dpkg --set-selections


                                                                    Finally, when you want to revert back to the previous state:



                                                                    dpkg --set-selections < current_selections.txt


                                                                    One use case for this might be when creating a VM or Amazon AMI snapshot to migrate from a QA to production environment.






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                                                                    Occasionally one might want to hold back all the packages currently installed. Here's how.



                                                                    First save the current state, so you can undo:



                                                                    dpkg --get-selections > current_selections.txt


                                                                    Then, to hold back all the packages:



                                                                    dpkg --get-selections | sed -r "s/tinstall/hold/" |dpkg --set-selections


                                                                    Finally, when you want to revert back to the previous state:



                                                                    dpkg --set-selections < current_selections.txt


                                                                    One use case for this might be when creating a VM or Amazon AMI snapshot to migrate from a QA to production environment.







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