For some strange reason, aptitude update didn't change anything. I did get the issue resolved, though. Thanks. On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:42 AM, der.hans wrote: > Am 24. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Patrick C so: > > moin moin, > > > First, some output. > > > > pxc@cooldude:~$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall kate > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > Reinstallation of kate is not possible, it cannot be downloaded. > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > As Kristian already pointed out, make sure to update your package cache > if you've changed your sources. You can use the update option to either > apt-get or aptitude. > > > 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!?) > > You can pin the ppa repository between 1 and 100 and the other > repositories over 1000. > > man apt_preferences > > This is really old and somewhat out of date, but I like how I described > things :). > > http://www.LuftHans.com/unix/docs/HOWTO/cafod.txt > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ > # "It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." > # -- Albert Einstein > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Amarok: Rediscover your music. -- http://amarok.kde.org Sabayon Linux: Cutting Gentoo's edge. -- http://www.sabayonlinux.org