Exclude a package from updating in composer

Question

Whenever I try to add a new package using composer like "composer require packagename/package" or use "composer.phar update", I am getting all the installed packages updated. Is there any option in composer to exclude some package that I don't need to get updated?

Answer 1

1. run this command and see what is your package version:

   composer show -i
   

2. go to composer.json and edit which package you want never change by composer update and write version correctly for that :

   "jacopo/laravel-authentication-acl": "1.3.*", 
   

   change to :

   "jacopo/laravel-authentication-acl": "1.3.11",
   

Done! now if you run composer update this package not update.

Answer 2

From my experience, the best way to exclude 1 or some packages is to use --interactive in composer update.

$ composer update --interactive

When you do this you can select which package you want to update and skip the package that you don't want to update.