On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 10:39:56PM +0200, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > > I am not sure that I understand, the phrases above sound contradictory.
I'm sorry to have been unclear. I was talkng about keep "specifier", that is, firefox-ja':', a colon after a package name, and hold "specifier" firefox-ja'='. So please try these two commands. aptitude -s install whatever: aptitude -s install whatever= To see install, remove, and purge specifier is OK, try these three commands. aptitude -s install whaterver+ aptitude -s install whaterver- aptitude -s install whaterver_ Regards, Katsuhiko
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