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How can I stop software installed using checkinstall from being updated in the software updater?

In my case, I install emacs from source via checkinstall and set the version to 26. I have removed all system versions of emacs using apt. Every time software updater pops up it wants to update emacs. How can I stop this behaviour?

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TLDR: Ubuntu uses higher numbers than current emacs version for emacs package -- see See Why is this Emacs package versioned at 46.1? 26 is the highest possible major version today

Rorschach
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  • ^Either that, or when installing using `checkinstall`, specify a higher version than anything likely to be in Ubuntu's repos. – muru Jul 11 '17 at 13:45
  • try `apt-get purge emacs` @muru -- he removed it – ravery Jul 11 '17 at 13:45
  • @muru thanks, I did look at that answer as well. But I wasn't sure that was the proper thing to do for my case. version 26 shouldn't be in the repos as it is still in development, I think they are on 24 in the repos – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 13:46
  • @ravery He removed the emacs installed via apt, but emacs installed via checkinstall is also registered as in apt/dpkg's databases (that's the whole point of using checkinstall). – muru Jul 11 '17 at 13:47
  • @ravery yes, I did remove the system emacs using that method – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 13:47
  • @muru -- yes you use checkinstall so you can uninstall via apt which he did – ravery Jul 11 '17 at 13:47
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    @jenesaisquoi yes, but Ubuntu actually uses 40+ as the version numbers (I don't recall the reasons), so it will always be an upgrade over an actual 20-something version. See https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=emacs – muru Jul 11 '17 at 13:48
  • @muru oh... huh? That sounds like the problem then, I will look into that – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 13:49
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    Related: [Why is this Emacs package versioned at 46.1? 26 is the highest possible major version today](https://askubuntu.com/questions/881930/why-is-this-emacs-package-versioned-at-46-1-26-is-the-highest-possible-major-ve) – steeldriver Jul 11 '17 at 13:55
  • @steeldriver that looks like an exact dupe if you want to dupe it, otherwise I will delete it. Thanks! – Rorschach Jul 11 '17 at 14:05

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