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update manager doesn't remember choices

Asked by Joseph B

This isn't a bug, just an annoyance: update manager forgets which updates you have unchecked. Say that you have a netbook and are picky about which updates get installed on your 4 GB, so you routinely have to deselect a whole bunch of updates for standard ubuntu applications you uninstalled. Ideally, update manager would automatically deselect updates for programs that aren't installed, but I'm guessing that's complicated, so why not at least make it remember from one execution to the next which updates have been deselected?

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Best zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#1

Are you sure you uninstalled packages?Check one more time in synaptic.You can not get updates for packages you don´t have installed on your system.

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Joseph B (joseph-a-barnes) said : 		#2

Despite having "completely uninstalled" each package in synaptic, some bits of the package seem to have survived and triggered the updates.... so thanks for that.

But I still have a feature question: why not have the upgrade manager remember choices you've already made about not installing some upgrade - i.e. displaying that the upgrade is available, but not clicking it. There are other reason not to install upgrades, e.g. if you have very little memory left on your netbook and only want to install security upgrades... but keep having to deselect other upgrades.

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zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#3

It should be normal to be able to select witch packages you don´t want to upgrade.If you have very little memory left you can type in terminal

sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

Also you can choose from CLI witch packages you don´t want to upgrade.Type in terminal

man aptitude

and read it.If you still have any questions,please ask and someone will answer you.