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Prevent specific packages from installed in apt
- /etc/apt/preferences
Package: xfce4-power-manager Pin: release * Pin-Priority: -1 Package: xfce4-power-manager-data Pin: release * Pin-Priority: -1
root@misaka:~# apt install xfce4-power-manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package xfce4-power-manager is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: xfce4-power-manager-data E: Package 'xfce4-power-manager' has no installation candidate root@misaka:~# apt install xfce4-power-manager-data Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package xfce4-power-manager-data is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'xfce4-power-manager-data' has no installation candidate