I've a problem with a few packages that I've installed from the repositories in the past. However now I prefer to compile them myself because this makes it possible to use the newest version. Unfortunately Ubuntu remembers that once those packages have been installed from a repository so I get update reminders about 'new' versions in the repository even though those are older than my current version. How can I make Ubuntu to forget that those packages were installed from the repository?
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There are a number of ways.
If you compile software yourself, then you can uninstall the package. But this is not always good, becuase it may break dependencies. You can just hold a package.
To stop package updates you can run
sudo apt-mark hold <package>
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