Using Synaptic to “Lock” package

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Once I use Synaptic to “Lock” a package do I have to use Synaptic only for updates? I’m asking because when I run “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” now, like is my habit, I see the SeaMonkey package on the list of packages to be upgraded. But that is the package that I locked in Synaptic. I thought by locking it it would be ignored by apt-get. Apparently not.

Is there a way to lock the package directly in apt-get or apt? Or do I have to use Synaptic for updates to avoid the latest SeaMonkey?

Seaken64

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I found this command

sudo apt-mark hold seamonkey

That did it. The seamonkey package now shows on the end of the report as “kept back” and it does not attempt to upgrade it.

But I thought Synaptic would do that for me, that is modify the package database on my behalf.

Seaken64

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As you have discovered, settings (preferences) elected from within synaptic usually are not consulted during non-synaptic operations (commandline apt-get, aptitude, packageinstaller)

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Yes, I learned the lesson. It’s a good thing I was a good boy and read thru the pre-launch report before blindly clicking on Yes.

I also went thru the cli-aptiX package manager. I could not find anything that allowed me to lock or hold a package.

I tend to upgrade with apt-get from the terminal. But this is the first time I have ever kept back a package. I’m learning.

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Seaken64

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