On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Patrick C wrote: > The problem, if it's not already clear, is that the package manager wants to > download some packages from a repository I have (intentionally) removed. I > need to be able to search through my packages for any containing "ppa" in > the package version, and replace them with an older one. How can I do this? > (How can I make Kubuntu stop thinking that those packages are to be > downloaded from the ppa repository!?) Ummm, aptitude update, then install??? root@khermans-laptop:~# apt-cache madison kate kate | 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2.2 | http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages kate | 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2 | http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages kdebase | 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2 | http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources kdebase | 4:3.5.8-0ubuntu2.2 | http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources -- Kristian Erik Hermansen -- "It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition--and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing gives out and then that--'Bugs'--as such little faults and difficulties are called--show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success--or failure--is certainly reached" -- Thomas Edison in a letter to Theodore Puskas on November 18, 1878 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss