Ubuntu Package Management Issues

[Patrick C]

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 <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:

> Am 24. Feb, 2008 schwätzte Patrick C so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> > First, some output.
> >
> > pxc at 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 This is really old and somewhat out of date, but I like how I described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
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