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How to prevent updating of a specific package?
When using Ubuntu at work I have to untick Facebook and Twitter plugins for Gwibber every time the Update Manager starts (I get 403 - Forbidden).
Is there a way to tell the Update Manager to stop looking for these updates without removing Gwibber?
What you want is called Pinning: and can done in several ways. From the link...
Introduction to Holding Packages
Holding a package basically means you're telling the package manager to keep the current version no matter what. This is useful if more recent version of a currently working program breaks after an update.
The following will describe the process of actually holding the package, there are several options to accomplish this<...>
The manual method is the easiest if it is just a few packages...
sudo -i
echo {package_name} hold | dpkg --set-selections
