Fwd: Fwd: re update firefox 9 to 11

[ray burke]

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From: ray burke <rayburke30 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 07:19:25 +1000
Subject: Re: Fwd: re update firefox 9 to 11
To: Kubuntu user technical support <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>

Steve Riley,

should that then read
$ sudo apt-mark hold firefox 10.02
$ sudo echo firefox 10.02 | dpkg --set-selections

to stop the 10.02 from trying to install, or should it read
 with firefox 9.0 so as to pin the 9.0 eg
$ sudo apt-mark hold firefox 9.0
$ sudo echo firefox 9.0 | dpkg --set-selections

as I am a little lost?

ray
PS I tried the first command with firefox 9.0.1 and result was-
rayburke at rayburke-desktop:~$ sudo apt-mark hold firefox 9.0.1
[sudo] password for rayburke:
Usage: apt-mark [options] {markauto|unmarkauto} packages...

apt-mark: error: first argument must be 'markauto', 'unmarkauto' or 'showauto'
rayburke at rayburke-desktop:~$

so what should it be?

On 5/13/12, Steve Riley <stvrly at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2012-05-13 08:48:49 O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 13/05/12 08:29, ray burke wrote:
>> >
>> > No I want to stay with 9.0?
>> >
>>
>> There should be an apt-get command (or if you use synaptics, I don't
>> remember kpackagekit myself) to "park" a package and not get updates for
>> it. Exactly how to do it I recommend you read man pages for apt-get and
>> use internet search engines as I don't remember. Am now using Muon
>> myself, it has a function for that.
>
>
> Two ways. Either of the commands below will accomplish this.
>
> $ sudo apt-mark hold PACKAGE-NAME
> $ sudo echo "PACKAGE-NAME hold" | dpkg --set-selections
>
> The first command is simply a wrapper that performs the same thing as the
> second command.
>
> ...Steve
>
>
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