There are couple of ways to prevent packages getting updated by default.
1. apt
2. dpkg
3. aptitude
4. dselect
1. apt
Using hold and unhold you can stop packages getting updated
hold (To stop)
sudo apt-mark hold <package>
ex:- sudo apt-mark hold kubeadm kubelet kubectl kubelet
unhold (To Allow)
sudo apt-mark unhold <package>
ex:- sudo apt-mark unhold kubeadm kubelet kubectl kubelet
To view all packages on hold
sudo apt-mark showhold
2. dpkg
To hold the Package
echo "<package> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
To remove the hold
echo "<package> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
To display status of a single package
dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package>"
To display status of all packages
dpkg --get-selections
3. aptitude
To hold a package:
sudo aptitude hold <package>
To remove the hold
sudo aptitude unhold <package>
