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How to prevent updating of a specific package?
Keep the Ubuntu package version I'm using now

Is it possible to upgrade all packages except a given package? Is there something like apt-get upgrade --exclude package_to_exclude?

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Actually you can do this with several methods, see the link I gave you above. – bodhi.zazen Jan 30 at 4:09
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In short: sudo apt-mark hold <package>

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echo <package> hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
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I get the following error: Usage: apt-mark [options] {markauto|unmarkauto} packages... apt-mark: error: first argument must be 'markauto', 'unmarkauto' or 'showauto' – Olivier Lalonde Jan 30 at 4:25
Strange. It works for me. Just tried it using sudo apt-mark hold unity-greeter – Zoke Jan 30 at 4:28
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Check out "Introduction to Holding Packages" in the Ubuntu's Pinning Howto

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