How To Prevent YUM From Upgrading RPM’s On CentOS Server

You can use YUM to upgrade all packages (except from a select few RPMs) either permanently or temporarily by following the instructions listed below. Use SSH to log in as root user to your server.

Permanently exclude the RPM

Use your favorite text editor to open the file /etc/yum.conf.
# vi /etc/yum.conf
Append/modify exclude directive line under [main] section, enter:
exclude=php*
The PHP RPMs will not be included here. The RPM that you wish to keep updated can be used in place of PHP.Save and close the file. Try, updating the system without updating the PHP.
# yum update -y

Temporarily exclude the RPM

Use the command below to skip update of RPM from command line.

yum -x ‘php*’ update

Excluding the RPM’s using YUM can be done with our Linux VPS hosting packages.