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What is apt-mark Showmanual?
showmanual showmanual can be used in the same way as showauto except that it will print a list of manually installed packages instead. I also point out that I have not marked packages using apt-mark auto or apt-mark manual .
What is sudo apt-mark hold?
apt-mark will change whether a package has been marked as being automatically installed. hold hold is used to mark a package as held back, which will prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
Is it possible to prevent a package from updating?
It should be noted that preventing a package from future upgrades may cause issues in some situations, if the package you’re holding is used as a dependency for another package that can be upgraded. So try not to prevent too many packages from upgrades, especially libraries.
How to prevent a package from upgrading in Debian?
Apt also has an option to prevent a package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed in Debian, Ubuntu and its variants. In this guide, we will discuss various methods to hold or prevent a package from upgrade in Debian, Ubuntu and its derivatives such as Linux Mint and Pop!_OS.
How to cancel a hold on a package?
The hold command is used to mark a package as held back, which will prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or removed. The unhold command is used to cancel a previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again. And the showhold command is used to display a list of packages on hold.
How to keep a package from updating in Apt?
Synaptic Package Manager, a Gtk graphical package management program for apt, can lock packages which prevents them from being updated. It’s important to note that using Synaptic to lock packages won’t keep them from being updated from the command line – running apt upgrade or apt-get upgrade will still upgrade a package locked in Synaptic.