Freeze the version of an installed package on Debian
by
Pierre-Yves Landuré
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last modified
Oct 11, 2013 07:14
It is sometimes needed to freeze the installed outdated version of a package. This howto ease the setup of suck a block.
This howto is tested on:
- Debian 7.0 Wheezy
Parameters
Provide the name of the package which version is to freeze:
PACKAGE="vsftpd"
Configuration
Create the configuration file freezing the package version:
command echo "Package: ${PACKAGE}
Pin: origin installed
Pin-Priority: 900" \
> "/etc/apt/preferences.d/version-freeze-${PACKAGE}"
The package is now freezed to its installed version.