Remove package installed with checkinstall from software updater

Asked Jul 11 '17 at 13:43

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How can I stop software installed using checkinstall from being updated in the software updater?

In my case, I install emacs from source via checkinstall and set the version to 26. I have removed all system versions of emacs using apt. Every time software updater pops up it wants to update emacs. How can I stop this behaviour?

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TLDR: Ubuntu uses higher numbers than current emacs version for emacs package -- see See Why is this Emacs package versioned at 46.1? 26 is the highest possible major version today

edited Jul 11 '17 at 14:00

asked Jul 11 '17 at 13:43

Rorschach

^Either that, or when installing using checkinstall, specify a higher version than anything likely to be in Ubuntu's repos. – muru Jul 11 '17 at 13:45
try apt-get purge emacs @muru -- he removed it – ravery Jul 11 '17 at 13:45
@muru thanks, I did look at that answer as well. But I wasn't sure that was the proper thing to do for my case. version 26 shouldn't be in the repos as it is still in development, I think they are on 24 in the repos – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 13:46
@ravery He removed the emacs installed via apt, but emacs installed via checkinstall is also registered as in apt/dpkg's databases (that's the whole point of using checkinstall). – muru Jul 11 '17 at 13:47
@ravery yes, I did remove the system emacs using that method – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 13:47
@muru -- yes you use checkinstall so you can uninstall via apt which he did – ravery Jul 11 '17 at 13:47
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@jenesaisquoi yes, but Ubuntu actually uses 40+ as the version numbers (I don't recall the reasons), so it will always be an upgrade over an actual 20-something version. See https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=emacs – muru Jul 11 '17 at 13:48
@muru oh... huh? That sounds like the problem then, I will look into that – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 13:49
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Related: Why is this Emacs package versioned at 46.1? 26 is the highest possible major version today – steeldriver Jul 11 '17 at 13:55
@steeldriver that looks like an exact dupe if you want to dupe it, otherwise I will delete it. Thanks! – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 14:05

Remove package installed with checkinstall from software updater

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