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How do I block Zeitgeist from ever being installed on my system?

I find it quite frustrating that this is continually trying to sneak in the back door. I do not want this on my computers, ever though there seems to be packages that insist on making it a dependency when it is not required.

I just found the Zeitgeist-Datahub service running on my system and I am NOT happy about it.

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First you get your Ubuntu system to tty1 by pressing on CTRL+ALT+F1, then run the following:

killall zeitgeist
sudo apt-get purge zeitgeist*

Then block the Zeitgeist package by running:

vim /etc/apt/preferences

If you don't have vim run:

sudo apt-get install vim

On vim, you press I to insert the new line. Then you can add the following:

Package: zeitgeist 
Pin: origin "" 
Pin-Priority: -1

Then press ESC to go to command mode, type :w and wait for writing progress, and when finished, type :q

Go to GUI Mode again by either:

sudo service lightdm restart

Or press CTRL+ALT+F7 to get back to GUI, and then restart your computer.

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