Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-24 Thread songbird
Georgi Naplatanov wrote: ... > - install needed packages you uninstalled in previous step. In this > step Debian will install packages from testing and you probably won't > have problems. > > Good luck! what i would do before anything else is create a new partition with plenty of space and

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread David
On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 at 13:27, Amn wrote: > What a mess I got myself into. Hi, here is some more background explanation about this situation. https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread Amn
working properly, so I would like to go back to stable source packages only. How can I do that? I can think of two possible approaches, both of which come with downsides. Approach 1: 1a. Identify all of the packages for which you've installed a version from sid. 1b. Identify the avai

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 11/23/22 22:11, Amn wrote: Hi folks, I thought it would be a good idea to install the sid packages, but a lot of things are not working properly, so I would like to go back to stable source packages only. How can I do that? As other users said there is not reliable way to downgrade your

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:11:10 -0500 Amn wrote: > Hi folks, I thought it would be a good idea to install the sid > packages, but a lot of things are not working properly, so I would > like to go back to stable source packages only. How can I do that? Back up and re-install Bullseye. Do

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 03:11:10PM -0500, Amn wrote: > Hi folks, I thought it would be a good idea to install the sid packages, but > a lot of things are not working properly, so I would like to go back to > stable source packages only. How can I do that? > > Thanks!! >

Re: Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-11-23 at 15:11, Amn wrote: > Hi folks, I thought it would be a good idea to install the sid > packages, but a lot of things are not working properly, so I would > like to go back to stable source packages only. How can I do that? I can think of two possible approaches, both of w

Debian 11 - Remove sid and go back to stable

2022-11-23 Thread Amn
Hi folks, I thought it would be a good idea to install the sid packages, but a lot of things are not working properly, so I would like to go back to stable source packages only. How can I do that? Thanks!!

Re: how do i go back to stable? [was: reverting to 'standard' etch installation]

2007-11-03 Thread Winston Smith
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:53:52PM +, michael wrote: > I can give that a try but anybody else have any suggestions? (I've > removed some packages I'd installed under sid so now it's probably > not as clean/obvious as above suggests)... > > I guess I could remove lots of things and then se

Re: how do i go back to stable? [was: reverting to 'standard' etch installation]

2007-11-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 08:53:52PM +, michael wrote: > I can give that a try but anybody else have any suggestions? (I've > removed some packages I'd installed under sid so now it's probably > not as clean/obvious as above suggests)... Yes, but beware changes to /etc that may not be back

how do i go back to stable? [was: reverting to 'standard' etch installation]

2007-11-01 Thread michael
On 31 Oct 2007, at 14:11, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:26:04AM +, michael wrote: Folks, I made a cuckoo (mess up) - I had installed Etch from netinst and done the upgrades. That was a while ago. Last night I decided I wanted gnomad2 from unstable so amended my /etc/ap

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-18 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 09:46 +0530, H S Rai wrote: > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has > been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental > vesrsion? Thar be fierce fire breathing Dragons in that direction! But you can do it, if and only if you know

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-17 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 09:51:42AM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote: > > On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Dave Ewart wrote: > > >On Saturday, 15.07.2006 at 01:00 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >> > >>That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* > >>differences between stable and uns

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-15 Thread Rich Johnson
On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Arafangion wrote: H S Rai wrote: What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? With assistance from dpkg --get-selections > selections && vim selections && dp

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-15 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
H S Rai wrote: What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? Reinstall. Start on an install script that keeps a record of what you usually install, because there is a huge difference between what you see in dpkg

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-15 Thread Arafangion
H S Rai wrote: > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created > using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? > With assistance from dpkg --get-selections > selections && vim selections && dpkg --set-selections < selections; I

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-15 Thread Rich Johnson
On Jul 15, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Dave Ewart wrote: On Saturday, 15.07.2006 at 01:00 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* differences between stable and unstable. Gnome has been upgraded twice, XFree86 was replaced by X.org. Those t

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-15 Thread Dave Ewart
On Saturday, 15.07.2006 at 01:00 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > H S Rai wrote: > > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created > > using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? > > > > That is not exactly supported. Espec

Re: Going back to stable

2006-07-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
H S Rai wrote: > What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created > using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? > That is not exactly supported. Especially since there are *huge* differences between stable and unstable. Gnome has been upgraded twice, XF

Going back to stable

2006-07-14 Thread H S Rai
What is the way to go back to stable version, if mess has been created using apt-get for unstable and experimental vesrsion? -- H.S.Rai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: aptitude deleted konqueror, any way get it back or go back to stable?

2004-04-09 Thread Paul Johnson
"J F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I decided to let aptitude update all my packages using the F10 menu > and also told it to save disk space by getting rid of unused > packages. A good idea to do occasionally. > aptitude deleted konqueror, so is there any way get it

Re: aptitude deleted konqueror, any way get it back or go back to stable?

2004-04-09 Thread J F
dircha wrote: > J F wrote: > >> Tracking it down further, it looks like aptitude >> or apt is broken. >> Aptitude says kdelibs4 conficts with kdelibs3 (<4:3.0.0 ) >> >> Looking at what versions of kdelibs3 are >> pending installation I see: >> 4:2.2.2-13.woody.9 >> 4:2.2.2-13.woody.8 >> Isn't 4:2

Re: aptitude deleted konqueror, any way get it back or go back to stable?

2004-04-09 Thread dircha
J F wrote: Tracking it down further, it looks like aptitude or apt is broken. Aptitude says kdelibs4 conficts with kdelibs3 (<4:3.0.0 ) Looking at what versions of kdelibs3 are pending installation I see: 4:2.2.2-13.woody.9 4:2.2.2-13.woody.8 Isn't 4:2.2.2-woody.8 < 4:3.0.0.0 ??? Maybe I'm not u

RE: aptitude deleted konqueror, any way get it back or go back to stable?

2004-04-09 Thread J F
04/09, J F < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: J F [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:45:13 -0400 Subject: aptitude deleted konqueror, any way get it back or go back to stable? I decided to let aptitude update all my packagesusing the F10 menu and also

aptitude deleted konqueror, any way get it back or go back to stable?

2004-04-09 Thread J F
I decided to let aptitude update all my packages using the F10 menu and also told it to save disk space by getting rid of unused packages. aptitude deleted konqueror, so is there any way get it back or go back to stable? It also deleted kde which has me afraid to turn the power off on my

Re: back to stable

2001-01-04 Thread Colin Watson
Knud =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8rensen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"David B. Harris" wrote: >> To quote Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> # apt-get got over 40 packets to install including X windows 4.0 >> >> Not surprising. gnome-db is even now developmental software; it would >> require lots of ne

Re: back to stable

2001-01-04 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # That what i have tried to but some of the packets # pre or post remove scripts fails! # # So, is the any way to remove a packet without running them. ? Not that I know of, off the top of my head. 'man dpkg' to check for sure. Dave

Re: back to stable

2001-01-04 Thread Knud Sørensen
"David B. Harris" wrote: > > To quote Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # apt-get got over 40 packets to install including X windows 4.0 > > Not surprising. gnome-db is even now developmental software; it would > require lots of new GNOME stuff : > > # 1) So, How do I return to stable ?? > >

Re: back to stable

2001-01-04 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # apt-get got over 40 packets to install including X windows 4.0 Not surprising. gnome-db is even now developmental software; it would require lots of new GNOME stuff : # 1) So, How do I return to stable ?? You remove each and every one of those 40 pac

back to stable

2001-01-04 Thread Knud Sørensen
Hi I have a problem. I usually run stable, but some hours ago i needed a db front-end. So, I change to unstable and did. apt-get update apt-get install gnome-db apt-get got over 40 packets to install including X windows 4.0 The installation failed and now I am left with a broken system. 1) So,

Re: How can go back to 'stable' from 'frozen'

2000-02-17 Thread Lee Bradshaw
nel) with 'frozen' loaded > and can't get my compiled kernel, 2.2.14 to talk to the internet. > > I want to go back to 'stable' so that when I install 2.2.x so that the > kernel recognises the dual processors and ethernet connection is up. > > Is there an

Re: How can go back to 'stable' from 'frozen'

2000-02-17 Thread Martin Fluch
en' loaded > and can't get my compiled kernel, 2.2.14 to talk to the internet. > > I want to go back to 'stable' so that when I install 2.2.x so that the > kernel recognises the dual processors and ethernet connection is up. > > Is there any way I can erase _all_

How can go back to 'stable' from 'frozen'

2000-02-17 Thread Rajesh Radhakrishnan
e internet. I want to go back to 'stable' so that when I install 2.2.x so that the kernel recognises the dual processors and ethernet connection is up. Is there any way I can erase _all_ the current 'frozen' packages and install 'stable' using dselect or apt-get. Thanks Rajesh