<div dir="ltr">what I mean by easier is if I have to reinstall the OS/get a new computer it is easier to write it into a text file, save it in gmail as a draft, and then open up that draft if I need it. I have a LOT of drafts like this. Commands, paragraphs that I have to repeat, stuff like that. You might think I'm an idiot but let my idiocy inspire you!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:26 AM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">as for doing this graphically I think it is easier to copy-n-paste into a terminal:<div>sudo apt-mark hold package1 package2 package3<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM Michael <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Look at what I just discovered: The apt-mark hold <package> command is used to prevent a specific package from being upgraded on Debian-based systems.<br><div>I hated waiting for firefox to update! (I don't use ff) Could we start a list of other big packages that don't need to be updated?</div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">:-)~MIKE~(-:</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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