Shows how to pin ubuntu's erlang to the latest release 13

ubuntu-pinning.sh

#!/bin/bash

sudo su -

# ubuntu
cat >/etc/apt/preferences <<EOF
Package: *
Pin: release a=lucid
Pin-Priority: -1

Package: *
Pin: release a=lucid-updates
Pin-Priority: -1

Package: *
Pin: release a=lucid-security
Pin-Priority: -1
EOF
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lucid.list
perl -p -i -e 's/karmic/lucid/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lucid.list
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y

# install erlang 13 from lucid
apt-get install -t lucid erlang # ; or erlang-nox