Automate Everything » Linux http://automate-everything.com Ruby, Linux and other hints, tips and tricks. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:11:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Prevent apt-get from upgrading a package on Ubuntu http://automate-everything.com/lang/en/2009/04/prevent-apt-get-from-upgrading-a-package-on-ubuntu http://automate-everything.com/lang/en/2009/04/prevent-apt-get-from-upgrading-a-package-on-ubuntu#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:16:18 +0000 admin http://blog.team-trick.net/?p=32 rxvt-unicode that supports 256 colors. Every time I try to update my packages apt-get tries to "upgrade" rxvt-unicode too discarding my version. I found the solution here]]> Yesterday I updated my Ubuntu to Jaunty Jackalope and it overwrote my custom version of rxvt-unicode that supports 256 colors. I got it following this entry Get rxvt-unicode with 256 color support on Ubuntu.

To recover it I reinstalled the custom deb package. It worked, but every time I try to update my packages apt-get tries to “upgrade” rxvt-unicode too discarding my version.

I found the solution here: Keep a package at specified version. It’s just a matter of pinning a package. Just go:

sudo vim /etc/apt/preferences

And add the following:

Package: rxvt-unicode
Pin: version 9.05*
Pin-Priority: 1001

And no more whinning : )

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