Re: How can I put a package on hold without using Dselect?

[Pat Mahoney <patmahoney@gmx.net>]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:00:46PM +0200, Richard Klinda wrote:
> Hoi Ben, ALL!
> 
>   >> Dselect is slow on my old machine. How can I put a package on hold
>   >> without using Dselect?
> 
>   Ben> echo <pkg> hold | dpkg --set-selections
> 
> btw, How can I "unhold" a package?

apt-get install <pkg>

> 
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