where to blacklist a program from updating /jaunty

I did an alien install of a new kompozer build (64 bit) because while updating my website kompozer 7.10 kept crashing while changing fonts. Update wants to install the repo version which I didn't think would happen and subsequently hoses my kompozer 8 install. Where is the file to blacklist kompozer from updating? thanks

 

If you're using Synaptic find the package with Ctrl+F, click it to select and go to the Package menu and select Lock Version.

You can also do it from the command line with

Code:

sudo aptitude hold packagename

Change hold to unhold to undo it.

 

Gracias !! That was I was looking for. In Slackware, it's a blacklist command...never done in a 'buntu. thanks again !!

EDIT: that works for aptitude and synaptic...but apt still wants to downgrade it to repo version....know this one?

 

Ah, sorry. Apt requires using the old way, which is:

Code:

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

 

Good man....Muchos Gracias Senor !! That kept it back from upgrading.

+1 no one seems to rep anymore around here

 

Hey thanks for the rep

To unhold a package with apt:

Code:

echo "packagename install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections

To list which packages are on hold:

Code:

dpkg --get-selections | grep hold

The same, for aptitude:

Code:

aptitude search ~ahold

 

Man shows how behind I am, wish I could understand those commands.

 

Here's a summary...

| means 'pipe', send the output (STDOUT) of one program to the input (STDIN) of the next.

grep searches for patterns in a file, or stdin if no file is specified.

dpkg is the package utility, apt is a frontend to dpkg so we use dpkg to prevent apt from updating certain packages in this case.

From the dpkg man page (type man dpkg to read the full page):

The aptitude commands should be self-expanatory. For the last one which searches for packages on hold, see file:///usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s03s05.html and notice: