Lock a Package in Linux

Here’s how to lockdown a package to a specific version.

Search for the current package.

<pre lang="bash">
$ sudo rpm -qa |  grep sdk
google-cloud-sdk-365.0.1-1.x86_64

Install versionlock.

<pre lang="bash">
yum install yum-plugin-versionlock

Lock a package.

<pre lang="bash">
yum versionlock google-cloud-sdk-365.0.1-1.x86_64

Display all locked versions.

<pre lang="bash">
yum versionlock list

Unlock and clear.

<pre lang="bash">
yum versionlock clear