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Georg Schölly
Asked: 2011-10-04 12:57:15 +0800 CST

How can I change the priority of a launchpad PPA?

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I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my server and want to install netatalk 2.2. There is a version available in the PPA of Stefano Rivera.

Now it happens that I've also got smartmontools installed for which he supplies a new version as well, but I'd really like to only upgrade netatalk.

I've tried adding the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/stefanor:

Package: *
Pin: o=LP-PPA-stefanor
Pin-Priority: 50

but this hasn't changed anything.

How can I depriorize a repository and install just one piece of software from it?

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2 Answers

  1. Can I suggest you ppa-purge the PPA you want to default the software version back to the default lucid repository version.

    Next, re-edit your software-sources (sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list) and remove the # from the PPA line-entry.

    Run just an update - NOT an upgrade.

    sudo apt-get update

    Install the software you want.

    sudo apt-get install [software package]

    Then re-open source-sources file and readd the # to the PPA so that no further updates are received.

    For lucid, you can install ppa-purge by enabling the backports repository - again - do this from your software-sources file.

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  2. You may try:

    Pin: release o=LP-PPA-stefanor

    and check the priority by "apt-cache policy [package]"

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