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If possible I would like to list them first and select which one to remove OR remove them all. Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.04. Thanks.

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Use this command in a terminal:

grep ^Package: /var/lib/synaptic/preferences

To remove a lock, edit the file with an editor and remove the whole part. For example if xterm should be unlocked, remove those 3 lines in the file

Package: pdfsam
Pin: version 1.1.4-1
Pin-Priority: 1001
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It does working but how can I remove the locked? – Shaharil Ahmad Jun 6 '14 at 10:18
    
@ShaharilAhmad If this shows you what packages are locked, can you not just load up Synaptic and unlock them? – Oli♦ Jun 6 '14 at 10:20
    
@ShaharilAhmad see my edit – chaos Jun 6 '14 at 10:22
    
@Oli thank you. – Shaharil Ahmad Jun 6 '14 at 10:22
    
@Oli as it weird as it seem but primus package that listed by using command is not found in synaptic, but I remembered that I locked them previously, cause it make my graphic card break usually from upgrade, thanks. – Shaharil Ahmad Jun 6 '14 at 10:27
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Search through Status>Pinned as following in Synaptic:

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And remove check-mark from Package>Lock Version as following:

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@ Pandya huh, I didn't see it coming, that was easy... but it didn't list all package that was locked, as I used @chaos command I still got packages that locked, thanks anyway. – Shaharil Ahmad Jun 6 '14 at 10:12
    
as I said before in my comment, that primus package that listed by using command is not found in synaptic. Your answer is correct but not quite precisely what I want. It's already solved, thank you very much for your help. – Shaharil Ahmad Jun 6 '14 at 10:51
    
@ShaharilAhmad : Ok. – Pandya Jun 6 '14 at 10:53

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