Keeping media players as they are...

[kevanf1]

I currently run Kubuntu 7.10. I have full multimedia running - very nicely thank you ;-) This of course includes all the naughty codecs like the Win32 ones and also libdvdcss so that I can watch the DVD's I have legally bought. Yes, they are legal.

Ok, what I want to know is can I mark certain packages as never to be upgraded unless I specifically ask for it? Stuff like Kaffiene? I had an auto upgrade a couple of nights ago and it broke multimedia support. I ended up reinstalling the various codecs etc. In SuSE, using YaST I could mark packages as not for upgrade but not it seems in Adept. Unless I'm missing something. I did try clicking the help button but I simply got the rather annoying message that there was no help index for Adept... with no way of actually creating one either :-((( that wasn't helpful at all.

So, any ideas? Please :-)

[Rog131]

Re: Keeping media players as they are...

Ok, what I want to know is can I mark certain packages as never to be upgraded unless I specifically ask for it? Stuff like Kaffiene? I had an auto upgrade a couple of nights ago and it broke multimedia support.

auto upgrade ?
Very very very bad idea !!!!
or do you mean:
adept-notifier - system tray notifier of available system updates.


Locking packages:

Easy way
- install Synaptic

Graphical package manager
Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT.
Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in
a user friendly way.

From Synaptic Package Manager Manual V0.1.2
To Lock a Package to the Current Version

To lock a package to the current version follow these steps:
Select the package that you want to lock in the package list.
Choose Package → Lock Version.

The Synaptic Package Manager will reload the package information. You should now see, that the menu item Package → Lock Version is checked. Furthermore all actions in the menu Package are disabled now.

To unlock the package uncheck Package → Lock Version.

or

APT HOWTO
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html
>> 3.10 How to keep specific versions of packages installed (complex)