Introduction
In case you need to keep an outdated version of any deb package for whatever reason, there are different ways to maintain it on Debian-derived distributions on Linux.
We are going to use the dpkg command to perform the following operations although others such as apt or dselect can be used.
On hold
Put a package on hold.
# echo "<package-name> hold" | dkpg --set-selections
After this operation, this package remains with the current version even if new versions are available.
Remove hold
# echo "<package-name> install" | dpkg --set-selections
After this operation, the package will be updated as any other in the list.
Show the status
- of all your packages.
# dpkg --get-selections
# dpkg --get-selections | more
7zip install
accountsservice install
acl install
adduser install
adwaita-icon-theme install
aglfn install
alsa-topology-conf install
alsa-ucm-conf install
alsa-utils install
...
- of a single package
# dpkg --get-selections <package-name>
# dpkg --get-selections zip
zip install
Show packages on hold
# dpkg --get-selections | grep "\<hold$"
# dpkg --get-selections | grep "\<hold$"
lifeograph hold