[plug] apt-get question

[Bernard Blackham]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:31:33AM +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
> I think I've asked this before but received no replies.  Is there a way
> to tell apt-get not to install a certain package when doing an update of
> the entire system?

Not install or not upgrade? apt-get shouldn't install packages when
you tell it to upgrade unless they're a required dependency of the
new version. It won't go around installing unnecessary packages.

If you want to tell it not to upgrade a package, either use dselect
and choose "hold" on the package, or use a simple dirty hack:

echo "packagename hold" | dpkg --set-selections

HTH,

Bernard.

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