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Thread: Do I need "echo $PACKAGE hold"?

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    Do I need "echo $PACKAGE hold"?

    Hi,

    I am compiling some software from source. Specifically, Netatalk. Also, I'll probably have to compile Engima from source.

    Do I need this line after I have run the sudo make and sudo make install commands?

    Code:
    echo "netatalk hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
    As far as I know, this tells dpkg to ignore netatalk when it checks the system for updates. This is ideal because I'm running an older version of Netatalk and upgrading it would break the purpose (geek details: Netatalk 2.x has EtherTalk support, Netatalk 3.0 does not. I need EtherTalk).

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    Re: Do I need "echo $PACKAGE hold"?

    I take it then, it's optional...

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    Re: Do I need "echo $PACKAGE hold"?

    Well, I'll post what I've found, and what I believe is correct.

    Compiled from source programs don't need the line: only ones that are installed via something like APT, using sudo apt-get install <filename> in this case. So if you were installing an older version of gedit for instance from a repository, then yes you would need it so the next time the Update Manager rolled around it would ignore it for updating.

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