ANTant@zimage.com wrote:
> > >> > Does apt-get have a way to ignore packages/programs that I don't want to
> > >> > download/install/upgrade? Right now, I am using an old version of Pan. I do not like the newer
> > >> > one under development.
> > >
> > >> echo "pan hold"|dpkg --set-selections
> > >> will do the trick. Unhold will reverse it.
> > >
> > > I must be doing this wrong or something:
> > >
> > > ANTian:/home/ant/download# echo "pan hold"|dpkg --set-selections
> > > ANTian:/home/ant/download# apt-get upgrade
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > The following packages have been kept back:
> > > pan python python-glade2 python-minimal python-uno transcode
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.

> Uh, it looks the same like before. I don't want Pan to be shown. I want it to pretend that I
> don't have it so it won't upgrade.

apt-get tells you what is put on hold. So you wont forget it. So, it
is as it should. Just ignor message, as it tells you what you want, to
have pan on hold.

> As for python python-glade2 python-minimal python-uno transcode, I can't:
>
> # apt-get install python python-glade2 python-minimal python-uno
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
> python-gtk2
> Suggested packages:
> python-doc python-tk python-profiler
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> configlet-frontends hal-device-manager python-configlet python2.3-configlet
> python2.3-glade2 python2.3-gnome2
> python2.3-gtk2 python2.4-glade2 python2.4-gnome2 python2.4-gtk2
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> python-gtk2
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> python python-glade2 python-minimal python-uno
> 4 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 10 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

All those python2.3-glade2 and python2.4-glade2 etc is replaced with
python-glade2.
So all those old version-dependent packages will go away. There MIGHT
be some packages that has not gone through the transaktion yet, byt
they will. Check the bug site, and file a bug if they dont have
changed dependances accordingly.

In this case, you need to upgrade configlet-frontends and
hal-device-manager.
And also install python-configlet, python-glade2, python-gnome2
python-gtk2 and remove all version dependant python-packages.