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Liiht

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Registered: 2019-04-13

Posts: 21

Update system except for one package

So basically I haven't updated my system for a while and when have quite a few packages that need updating, but I am having problems with one of them so I would not like to install it. It would be cumbersome to copy all the names of the package and update them. I am aware that you can downgrade the packages and that is what I have been doing up until now. But in the future I would rather exclude packages like this from the install. Is there a way to do this? I have tried the wiki but I haven't found what I'm looking for (I probably missed it like I always do).

Last edited by Liiht (2019-06-07 11:10:57)

Zod

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From: Hoosiertucky

Registered: 2019-03-10

Posts: 636

Re: Update system except for one package

What do you mean by "exclude packages like this from the install"?

What package are you talking about?

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

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Re: Update system except for one package

"man pacman" and search for ignore.   But be aware, Arch does not support partial upgrades.

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Liiht

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Registered: 2019-04-13

Posts: 21

Re: Update system except for one package

Thanks, ignore might be what I'm looking. As I have took keep this specific version.

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Update system except for one package

The much better approach would be to identify the problem with that "one package" and fix it.  I don't see any of your threads that have even attempted that yet.

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