How to mark a package to prevent from being installed
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How can I prevent installation of a specific package on Linux Mint?
100294
Force non-interactive "dpkg --configure" when using apt-get install
53603
Disable all software installation
73560
Item cannot be installed or removed until the package catalogue is repaired
60932
How can I find the name of a Package?
56491
How do I stop Windows from installing applications on update?
138747
How to list installed packages in apt that are not backed by a repository?
18052
How to remove/install a package that is not fully installed?
106017
Why does apt removes unwanted packages when giving * as suffix?
121222
"Kept back" packages for update , want to uninstall unity?
143305
how to avoid the "downloaded application" warning for a Standard User
38590
How do I suppress the "New release '12.10' available" message?
45526
How can I install packages without starting their associated services?
145237
List available updates but do not install them
33930
How to unload automatically loaded packages?
49658
Elegant way to check for missing packages and install them?
22701
If I build a package from source how can I uninstall or remove completely?