Yes you can, but it is still not possible to prioritize or pin against repomd using apt-get. And nothing works as well as apt-get with regarding these two features. Because of the problem that I mentioned in my previous post, I once again did a serious investigation of yum and smart over the last month. I need and want apt-get and in order for it to work properly you need the apt way of doing things. Please, please, please don't abandon (from a user perspective anyway) this elegant, mature, feature rich package manager. It still the best available. Eli -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.