Software packages updates [Solved]

[removed-user]

Newbie question here: How do you decline updates and prevent them from being re-presented next time the system checks for updates?

[alf]

Newbie question here: How do you decline updates and prevent them from being re-presented next time the system checks for updates?

What do you exactly mean, updates in general or certain packages in particular?

[obgr_seneca]

If you want to exclude certain packages from the update, there is the /etc/urpmi/skip.list file.
Either put the exact package names between the slashes or use regular expressions, to exclude a bunch of packages.

Oliver

[removed-user]

@alf: Specific packages that aren't relevant like certain language files. I'm being offered 'autocorr' files for various languages.

@seneca: You have to manually update a list "for every update you do not want???!!!"

Thanks for the replies.

[alf]

if you have just installed you may remove such packages by

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remove-unused-packages

in a terminal as root, this prevents for further updates.

[removed-user]

If you haven't installed those specific packages? Is there a quick way to stop them being prevented or blacklist them?

Thanks

[alf]

Well, remove-unused-packages removes all language files except your choosen language as well the unneeded hardware-drivers.

[removed-user]

@alf

Ran remove-unused-packages as root (as you suggested), and then urpme --auto-orphans, and voila, the packages were no longer offered. Excellent. Solved!

Thanks a million!