Pamac and Skipping Package Updates
Hello,
Due to keyboard issues that I know are present with linux 4.17-2 (shipped by Arch upstream), I am trying to apply a partial update to my system.
Using Pamac, I would graphically uncheck the packages and click apply. However, when I do this… it will apply the updates anyways (looking at the output that says “Starting Full System Update”), completely ignoring the fact that I had unchecked a few packages that I did not want to update.
Is this a bug?
@stefanoume12 said in Pamac and Skipping Package Updates:
Is this a bug?
Maybe, i don’t use pamac for updagrading the system.
One thing you can do is to manually add the package to be ignored to /etc/pacman.conf:
Right after the line
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
Add something like:
IgnorePkg = granite linux linux-headers vhba-module
OBS: that’s just an example.
Hello
Have you tried setting these packages as ignored in Pamac?
Open Pamac, then preferences (3 dots, top right corner)
Enter your password, when requested
Under General tab, go to box at bottom
Click ‘+’ to add packages to ignored list
Dialogue box opens with list of all packages
Select packages to ignore, click on ‘Choose’
Ignored packages should now be listed on ‘General’ tab of Preferences
This has worked for me in the past when an updated package has caused problems
So the only way is to put the packages you do not want to upgrade to the ignore list, inside pamac ( graphical package manager) or inside pacman.conf.
