F14 Apt protect pkg?

Panu Matilainen pmatilai at laiskiainen.org
Tue May 17 15:14:00 UTC 2011


On 05/16/2011 10:00 PM, Frank Murphy wrote:
> Is there a way to prevent a pkg from being deleted accidentaly when
> using apt.
>
> With yum you can use a conf file.
>
> Anyone how to use it with apt
>
> checked man apt, man apt_prefrences
> also googled, some Ubuntu solutions.
>

You can add packages to the Essential group in /etc/apt/rpmpriorities 
for similar effect. It wont completely prevent removal of them but it'll 
prevent accidental removal.

	- Panu -


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