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Pinning
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In specific cases it may be required to force a certain version or origin of a package and prevent the installation of any upgrades. This can for instance be achieved through package pinning in _apt_. In practice this boils down to creating a config file in `/etc/apt/preferences.d/` with a regexp to match the package names, which version to pin and the priority.
In specific cases it may be required to force a certain version or origin of a package and prevent the installation of any upgrades. This can for instance be achieved through package pinning in _apt_. In practice this boils down to creating a config file in `/etc/apt/preferences.d/` with a regexp to match the package names, which version to pin and the priority. Further [documentation](https://manpages.debian.org/stable/apt/apt_preferences.5.en.html) can be found in `man apt_preferences`.
