Ubuntu Package Management Issues

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Patrick C <patrick.pxc.c at gmail.com> 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 at 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
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Kristian Erik Hermansen
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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