Adding exceptions for update

Question

I have installed Opera browser but an older version. Because, the most recent version does not play Netflix and some more platforms videos. This issue is related with libffmpeg.so file and WidevineCDM. However, I solved this issue using an older version of Opera. Now, I want an exception for Opera. I want it to be not updated when I enter the command sudo apt-get update. How can I do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

There are many ways to do that, one of the easiest way is you can mark hold on those packages.
e.g:

apt-mark hold vim