[solved] forcing installation from a specific repository

[doctordruidphd]

To force installation of a package version from a specific repository in a regualr debian system, it's easy:

apt-get install -t repository packagename

but this doesn't work in k/ubuntu. Here is the problem:

$ apt-cache policy libglapi-mesa
libglapi-mesa:
 Installed: 7.11.0+git20110328.5d7c27f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
 Candidate: 7.11.0+git20110328.5d7c27f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
 Version table:
 *** 7.11.0+git20110328.5d7c27f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt 0
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
   7.11-0ubuntu4 0
    500 [url]http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/[/url] precise/main amd64 Packages

I need to install the 7.11-0ubuntu4 version. Is there a simple way to force installation of that from the command line? By simple, I mean not having to sort through all the repositories to find the one that is downloading the undesired version & rub it out.

[OneLine]

Re: forcing installation from a specific repository

I need to install the 7.11-0ubuntu4 version. Is there a simple way to force installation of that from the command line?

Forcing version, man apt-get /1/.

install

      A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by following the package name with
      an equals and the version of the package to select. This will cause that version to be located and
      selected for install.

apt-get install package name=[version]

Same thing with the aptitude /1/.

man aptitude

install

      To select a particular version of the package, append “=<version>” to the package name: for
      instance, “aptitude install apt=0.3.1”...

Links

1. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/

[doctordruidphd]

Re: forcing installation from a specific repository

Yeah, I thought it would be simple.

apt-get install package name=[version]

Fortunately I also added the --dry-run option, as it threatened to remove most of my system. Oh well. Have to wait for the rest of the system to catch up.