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Olivier Lalonde
Asked: 2012-01-30 19:46:44 +0800 CST

Exclude packages from `apt-get upgrade` [duplicate]

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Possible Duplicate:
How to prevent updating of a specific package?
Keep the Ubuntu package version I'm using now

Is it possible to upgrade all packages except a given package? Is there something like apt-get upgrade --exclude package_to_exclude?

package-management

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    To hold a package:

    In short: sudo apt-mark hold <package>

    or

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

    To unhold a package:

    In short: sudo apt-mark unhold <package>

    or

    echo <package> install | sudo dpkg --set-selections
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  2. Check out "Introduction to Holding Packages" in the Ubuntu's Pinning Howto

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