how to make local packages preferred?

[crocusino]

Hi,

I have installed some packages by sourcery, which are newer than the official packages - e.g. lyx-2.0.0 vs lyx-1.6.9. Whenever I update the lists from gslapt, it suggests to "back-upgrade" the package to the older version - and I have to always unmark the package from being upgraded .This, of course, somewhat irritates me.

What should I set to get rid of this stupid inconvenience so that the packages build from SLACKBUILDS are preferred to the binary packages ffrom the repos?

Thank you,
JS

[gapan]

You can either create a local repository with those packages and add it to your slapt-getrc with a higher (CUSTOM) priority, or just blacklist those packages.

[crocusino]

Yes, creating a local repo with such packages sounds promising. But, please, how to do that?

If I just create e.g. /usr/local/packages and put all my packages there, it obviously won't work. slapt-get needs something more in there. What should I do?

Thanks,
JS

[gapan]

Please read the slapt-get FAQ. It's all explained there. You can find it at the slapt-get homepage or in your harddrive inside /usr/doc/slapt-get-$version