Only install specific thin-edge.io version

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To install a specific version of thin-edge.io on a Debian based operating system, you will have to use APT Package Pinning, as the tedge-full package is a virtual package, and installing a specific version of the virtual package does not transfer to the package's dependencies (unfortunately).

Below shows how the exact thin-edge.io version can be installed.

1. Create a debian package pin definition for thin-edge.io

   Create the following file:

   sudo vi /etc/apt/preferences.d/tedge

   And add the following contents to the file:

   Package: tedge-full
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: tedge
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: tedge-mapper
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: tedge-agent
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: c8y-firmware-plugin
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: c8y-remote-access-plugin
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: tedge-apt-plugin
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   
   Package: tedge-watchdog
   Pin: version 1.2.0
   Pin-Priority: 1001
   

2. Update the apt cache

   sudo apt-get update

3. Install thin-edge.io

   sudo apt-get install tedge-full

   Note

   If thin-edge.io was previously installed, then you will have to manually restart the tedge-agent service as it is not automatically restarted when manually installed (but it is when installed via the cloud)

   sudo systemctl restart tedge-agent

Note

• If you want to remove the package pinning just delete the file created in the above procedure

  sudo rm /etc/apt/preferences.d/tedge