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How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?

I already have a package B and want to install a new package A. The installation wants to modify B, but I don't want that to happen.

I need to install the package A.

It has the a dependency on package B and requires to be (>2.0).

I have already installed B in my system with the version 2.1, so my current setup already fulfills the dependency.

But there is a new version (2.2) of the B package in the Debian repository and I don't want it since it conflicts with other stuff.

So, when I install the A package apt also tries to upgrade B.

How can I disable the upgrading of the dependencies or indicate an explicit dependency version without having to edit the packages?

I have read How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?, but it doesn't help me. In the question there, the dependency (B) should not be handled by the repository manager at all. In my case, the repository manager already takes care of the dependency and should continue to do so, just not in this particular action.

Reopen Reviewers: Please see the comment of victorgp which should have been the answer in the first place.

I already have a package B and want to install a new package A. The installation wants to modify B, but I don't want that to happen.

I need to install the package A.

It has the a dependency on package B and requires to be (>2.0).

I have already installed B in my system with the version 2.1, so my current setup already fulfills the dependency.

But there is a new version (2.2) of the B package in the Debian repository and I don't want it since it conflicts with other stuff.

So, when I install the A package apt also tries to upgrade B.

How can I disable the upgrading of the dependencies or indicate an explicit dependency version without having to edit the packages?

I have read How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?, but it doesn't help me. In the question there, the dependency (B) should not be handled by the repository manager at all. In my case, the repository manager already takes care of the dependency and should continue to do so, just not in this particular action.

Reopen Reviewers: Please see the comment of victorgp which should have been the answer in the first place.

Possible Duplicate:
How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?

Note: This is not a duplicate of How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies? as this question handles an upgrade scenario, whereas the linked question handles an install scenario. The answers there don't work here and the answers here, won't work there. Reviewers: Please see the comment of victorgp which should have been the answer in the first place.

I need to install some packages.

The package A has the package B as a dependency and requires to be (>2.0).

I have already installed in my system the package B version 2.1. But there is a new version (2.2) of the B package in the Debian repository and i don't want it since it conflicts with other stuff.

So, if i install the A package it also installs B because is its dependency, the problem here is that apt-get is also upgrading the B package and installing the new version that i don't want (2.2).

How can i disable the upgrading of the dependencies or indicate an explicit dependency version without having to edit the packages?

Possible Duplicate:
How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?

I already have a package B and want to install a new package A. The installation wants to modify B, but I don't want that to happen.

I need to install the package A.

It has the a dependency on package B and requires to be (>2.0).

I have already installed B in my system with the version 2.1, so my current setup already fulfills the dependency.

But there is a new version (2.2) of the B package in the Debian repository and I don't want it since it conflicts with other stuff.

So, when I install the A package apt also tries to upgrade B.

How can I disable the upgrading of the dependencies or indicate an explicit dependency version without having to edit the packages?

I have read How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?, but it doesn't help me. In the question there, the dependency (B) should not be handled by the repository manager at all. In my case, the repository manager already takes care of the dependency and should continue to do so, just not in this particular action.

Reopen Reviewers: Please see the comment of victorgp which should have been the answer in the first place.

Possible Duplicate:
How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?

I need to install some packages.

The package A has the package B as a dependency and requires to be (>2.0).

I have already installed in my system the package B version 2.1. But there is a new version (2.2) of the B package in the Debian repository and i don't want it since it conflicts with other stuff.

So, if i install the A package it also installs B because is its dependency, the problem here is that apt-get is also upgrading the B package and installing the new version that i don't want (2.2).

How can i disable the upgrading of the dependencies or indicate an explicit dependency version without having to edit the packages?

Possible Duplicate:
How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies?

Note: This is not a duplicate of How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies? as this question handles an upgrade scenario, whereas the linked question handles an install scenario. The answers there don't work here and the answers here, won't work there. Reviewers: Please see the comment of victorgp which should have been the answer in the first place.

I need to install some packages.

The package A has the package B as a dependency and requires to be (>2.0).

I have already installed in my system the package B version 2.1. But there is a new version (2.2) of the B package in the Debian repository and i don't want it since it conflicts with other stuff.

So, if i install the A package it also installs B because is its dependency, the problem here is that apt-get is also upgrading the B package and installing the new version that i don't want (2.2).

How can i disable the upgrading of the dependencies or indicate an explicit dependency version without having to edit the packages?