Apt-mark

Holding packages

To avoid packages from being upgrade when upgrading use apt-mark command

• apt-mark hold PACKAGE_NAME
• apt-mark unhold PACKAGE_NAME
• apt-mark showhold
• apt-mark auto

apt-mark showauto 
apt-mark showmanual

Related terms

• apt-get purge
• apt purge

See also

• APT: wajig, apt-cache, add-apt-repository PPA, apt [ install | remove |purge | show | list | changelog | update | upgrade], do-release-upgrade, apt-mark, apt full-upgrade, sources.list, APT Automatic updates, unattended-upgrade, apt-transport-https, apt-get update, /etc/apt/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/, /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades, apt-file, apt-utils, /var/log/dpkg.log, apt autoremove

https://askubuntu.com/questions/640986/how-to-get-a-list-of-installed-packages-held-back-from-upgrade