set package on hold — debian admin service
How do i put an debian package that is already installed on hold so that it doesn’t get up/downgraded?
A common admin problem that i just had with the package psi which over here is a aliened version of psi 0.11 from a external mandrake package is that you want to prevent packages from beeing touched i.e. upgraded or downgraded or removed as a dependancy.
You want to set these packages ‘on hold’ and here is how:
echo “{package name} hold” | dpkg —set-selections
Easy once you know how, isn’t it? ;)
To free the package once again just use ‘install’ instead of ‘hold’.
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