How do I disable an update of a single item?

Question

I have LibreOffice installed with the Faenza Icon hack. The hack uses the Crystal icon pack. Whenever I update the Crystal icon package, it removes the hack. Is there a way to stop this from happening except manually deselecting it for every update?

Just to be clear. This is what I DON'T want:

I Don't want to uninstall LibreOffice.
I don't want to uninstall crystal icon theme.

I simply want to disable the crystal icon theme from ever updating again. Is this possible? Thanks!

What package contains that theme? – Thomas Ward Jul 19 '12 at 16:43 — Thomas Ward, Jul 19 '12 at 16:43
Blacklisting packages have been covered on this site, here. – LnxSlck Jul 19 '12 at 16:44 — LnxSlck, Jul 19 '12 at 16:44
pinning and blacklisting have both been covered already – RobotHumans Jul 19 '12 at 22:12 — RobotHumans, Jul 19 '12 at 22:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 19 '12 at 22:08

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Another possibility would be to lock the currently installed version of the Crystal Icon Package. Just choose the package in Synaptic and choose "Lock Version..." from the "Package" menu.

answered Jul 19 '12 at 22:08

Mrokii

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There were a few comments above regarding this question already being asked. If someone decides to delete this question, please import this answer. This was EXACTLY what I was looking for and 10 times easier than anything found at: http://askubuntu.com/questions/24609/blacklisting-packages-from-installing . Thanks, Mrokii! – algebralives Jul 20 '12 at 16:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '12 at 17:22

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Apart from blacklisting, the best way to solve this is to add Faenza directly to LibreOffice. If there are no licensing issues, I dont think anyone would resist a fancy new theme! (Note: Ubuntus human theme is also upstreamed)

answered Jul 19 '12 at 17:22

Bjoern Michaelsen

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How do I disable an update of a single item?

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