How to lock a package version in apt-get

[NoOp]

On 09/05/2009 11:22 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I need to keep a specific package at a specific version on one
> machine. I know about Synaptic's "Lock Version" feature, I am looking
> for something similar for apt-get. From googling I see that this is
> called "pinning" however I only find information on how to pin the
> packages of a particular repo, not on a per-package basis. How is this
> done? Thanks.
> 
> For reference:
> http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
> http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html
> 

You should try:
https://help.ubuntu.com
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto