Pinning is an advanced package management technique that allows you to remain on a stable release while grabbing packages from a more recent version.
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How prioritize the source of a package?
I wanna install Haguichi from the PPA recommended repository here, but looking a repository is there a Rhythmbox version too, it is possible add the repository only for Haguichi and that Rhythmbox ...
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pinning a :i386 package
I have gcc-4.7 installed from the ubuntu-toolchain-r ppa. Since gcc-4.8 was recently added to that ppa, I've run into a problem. Acroread wants libstdc++6:i386, but I can't figure out how to pin that ...
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Is there a way to tell apt to blacklist just one specific version of a package?
Let's say I installed version 2 of somepkg and discovered that it's broken (we all know Ubuntu doesn't ship broken packages, so let's just say this is installed from a PPA). I want to tell apt to ...
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Install packages from newer release without building (apt pinning)
I need these packages with the latest upstream version backported for ubuntu/natty
libccid_1.4.5-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
libpcsclite1_1.8.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
libpcsclite-dev_1.8.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
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Disable updating of ethernet driver
I discovered that the latest driver for my computers ethernet-adapter did not work. I fixed this by downloading an earlier driver, which worked perfectly.
However every time I run "apt-get upgrade", ...
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How do I include a comma in an Apt pin definition?
I'd like to create an Apt preference file with a pin definition that matches packages originating from Google, Inc..
The following definition doesn't seem to be doing anything:
Package: *
Pin: ...
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System Center icon doesn't show when pinned to launcher [closed]
On Natty Narwhal, I dragged System Center to the launcher. Instead of an icon, I get a blank square on the launcher. Clicking on it does launch the system center, though. This issue does not happen ...
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How to properly pin Chrome/ium apps in their own “application” in Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I put a web application on the Launcher?
What I mean is, how can I pin a Chrome/ium application and keep it to itself? I want to click on the application and have ...
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How do I add a repository, but only for a specific package/version and its dependencies?
I would like to use the Natty Narwhal repository for puppet packages, but I don’t want to upgrade my whole server. Is that possible ?
My current solution is to fetch the .deb packages by hand
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How to hold a package back from being upgraded? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to forbid a specific package to be updated?
I don't want my kernel or grub updated until I do it manually. Is this possible in Ubuntu (10.04, I suppose)?
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What's the best way to install just one package from a PPA that has many packages?
I would like to install the beta of Firefox 4 in lucid or maverick. I know I can install the ubuntu-mozilla-daily PPA (ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa) and have easy apt-get access to firefox-4.0. ...
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How do I pin a particular MySQL version to avoid unnecessary upgrades?
I'm running a MySQL server, and want to keep it up to date with regular apt-upgrades. I don't want this to cause MySQL to upgrade unless I'm doing it during scheduled downtime! How do I alter my ...
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How to prevent updating of a specific package?
Because of bug #693758 I'd like to prevent apt-get upgrade and Update Manager from updating the "libgtk2.0-0" package.
How can this be achieved?
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How to prevent package removal upon upgrade to new Ubuntu version?
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04, but the upgrade removed some of my packages that I had manually installed. These package (Dekiwiki from Mindtouch amongst others) are not supported by ...
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How can I make sure that pinning with apt-get is compatible with virtual packages?
In order to allow php5.2 being used on lucid, I created a ppa (ppa:txwikinger/php5.2) and build several php5.2 packages there. In order to prefer those packages I have given instructions to pin them. ...
