so then, is just for lower than the version that are in the apt-cache. glad I'm talking to you all about this because I just discovered that after you run = you need to run : sudo echo “package hold” | sudo dpkg –set-selections I also discovered that to find the versions in the repository you run: apt-cache showpkg packagename so is there no way to force a version into apt-cache? I just tried to force the installation of the unstable version of the package (sudo apt-get install kmymoney/unstable) but it seems as if it isn't called 'unstable' in mint (ubuntu). Am I doing it wrong? What are the Archives called in Mint (ubuntu) :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > help immensely. Thank you Mark. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Mark Phillips > wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> If all you have is the stable branch in your sources.list, then you won't >> have access to any of the testing packages, even if you specify testing on >> the command line with apt-get. apt-get has to know where to find the >> package you want to download, which is why sources.list exists. If you want >> to be able to install both testing and stable packages, then you have to >> have both stable and testing branches listed in your sources.list. >> >> If you want to hold a package to a specific version or branch (stable, >> testing, experimental), then you can "pin" that package to that version, >> and all future updates will only use that version. Take a look at >> http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html. However, you still have >> to have the correct repositories listed in sources.list, and you have to >> run an apt-get upgrade to update the local cache so the OS knows where to >> find the packages you want. >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> Mark >> >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by >>> following the package name with an equals (=) and the version of the >>> package to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected >>> for install. Alternatively, a specific distribution can be selected by >>> following the package name with a slash (/) and the version of the >>> distribution or the Archive name (i.e. stable, testing, unstable). >>> >>> source: http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get >>> >>> >>> So this is saying to me you don't need the PPA to install the latest >>> version but can instead do: >>> = >>> >>> If that is so we don't need to add PPAs to our systems. IN other words >>> PPAs are just a way to make it so that we are always running the latest >>> version of the package regardless of if it works whereas we choose what we >>> want to run with: >>> = >>> That is very Linuxy of them! >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >