Yum Update Exclude Some Packages in CentOS / RHEL

Yum Update Exclude Some Packages in CentOS / RHEL

 

Below I will show some examples how to exclude specific packages updates, and how to permanently exclude packages update from automatic Yum Update. More information you can found in yum update manuals.

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How To Exclude Specific Packages from Yum Update in CentOS / RHEL

 

To exclude manualy package from yum update use command:

# yum update --exclude=PACKAGENAME

PACKAGENAME replace with your specific package name.

For example i don’t want update Linux Kernel and all Kernel related packages:

# yum update --exclude=kernel*

 

yum update exclude kernel

 

Permanently Disable Some Packages Updates From Automatic Yum Update

 

To Permanently Exclude Package Update (postfix) from Yum Update edit yum configuration file /etc/yum.conf with any editor and add: exclude=postfix line in end of file. In case if you need exclude multiple packages separate them using a single space or comma.

In next example we will permanently prevent Linux Kernel and postfix packages updating during automatic yum update command execution.

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
exclude=kernel* redhat-release* postfix

 

 

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