Re: Package upgrades why and how to avoid?
Joe, Michael,
Thank you guys, good explanation and tutorial.
I didn't know about "holding" feature so I will definitely implement that.
That was good help, thank you again.
Man without clue
On 12/24/2016 09:06 PM, Michael Lange wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 11:47:21 +0900
> Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Why this happens and how to avoid this?
>
> As an appendix to Joe's extensive reply:
>
> Once you found the package(s) that would cause e.g. Skype to be removed,
> you can put these packages on "hold" (or "lock" in synaptic) so these
> packages won't be upgraded on future system upgrades until the hold is
> removed, allowing you to do full-/dist-upgrades without removing other
> packages that you want to keep.
> Unfortunately however, each one of synaptic, apt-get and aptitude have
> their own "hold" system, which won't be respected by the other programs,
> so to be on the safe side you might have to "hold" a package more than
> just once.
>
> To put a package on "hold" for apt-get, just do (as root):
> apt-mark hold <packagename>
> The aptitude command is similar:
> aptitude hold <packagename>
> In synaptic, select the package and pick from the menu
> Package -> Lock Version
>
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
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