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1 apt-mark hold/unhold
apt-mark enables to hold package. This means that package does not be updated.
Hold package as below.
$ sudo apt-mark hold <package>
Release hold package as below.
$ sudo apt-mark unhold <package>
Check hold package as below.
$ apt-mark showholdllvm
2 dpkg –set-selections/–get-selections
dpkg –set-selections can do same hold as apt-mark.
Hold package as below.
$ echo “llvm hold” | sudo dpkg –set-selections
Release hold package as below.
$ echo “llvm install” | sudo dpkg –set-selections
Check hold package as below.
$ dpkg –get-selections | grep ‘hold$’llvm hold
3 Execution result
Hold llvm package.
$ sudo apt-mark hold llvm$ apt-mark showholdllvm
Upgradable packages includes llvm package.
$ apt list –upgradable<snip>linux-libc-dev/xenial-updates,xenial-security 4.4.0-28.47 amd64 [upgradable from: 4.4.0-24.43]llvm/xenial-updates 1:3.8-33ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from:1:3.8-33ubuntu3]llvm-dev/xenial-updates 1:3.8-33ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from:1:3.8-33ubuntu3]llvm-runtime/xenial-updates 1:3.8-33ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:3.8-33ubuntu3]lsb-base/xenial-updates,xenial-updates 9.20160110ubuntu0.1 all [upgradable from: 9.20160110]<snip>
Upgrade packages.
$ sudo apt upgrade -y
Though upgrade was run, llvm is still included in upgradable packages.
$ apt list –upgradableListing… Donellvm/xenial-updates 1:3.8-33ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:3.8-33ubuntu3]llvm-dev/xenial-updates 1:3.8-33ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:3.8-33ubuntu3]llvm-runtime/xenial-updates 1:3.8-33ubuntu3.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:3.8-33ubuntu3]$
