Re: utility to downgrade a package with its dependencies?

2012-01-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2012-01-05 16:38:04 +, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 03:43:22PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > For Debian/unstable: > > > > Does there exist a utility to downgrade a package with its > > dependencies and reverse-dependencies? The old packages w

Re: utility to downgrade a package with its dependencies?

2012-01-05 Thread Nicolas Bercher
Darac Marjal a écrit : On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 03:43:22PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: I was in this situation myself a while ago and decided that the best solution was as follows: * Before upgrading, take an LVM snapshot (this, of course, assumes you ARE on LVM). * Per

Re: utility to downgrade a package with its dependencies?

2012-01-05 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 03:43:22PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > For Debian/unstable: > > Does there exist a utility to downgrade a package with its > dependencies and reverse-dependencies? The old packages would > be taken from /var/cache/apt/archives, and the tool should be

utility to downgrade a package with its dependencies?

2012-01-05 Thread Vincent Lefevre
For Debian/unstable: Does there exist a utility to downgrade a package with its dependencies and reverse-dependencies? The old packages would be taken from /var/cache/apt/archives, and the tool should be able to find automatically which packages/versions are needed to satisfy all the dependencies

Re: downgrade a package

2006-09-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
Chuck Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > How can I go back a version, I did an apt-get update and now i have a > version of a software package that doesn't work and like to go back to > the one before. > > Payne There is the -t switch to specify the release if you want to install a n

RE: downgrade a package

2006-09-28 Thread sciencisto-debian
--- Chuck Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > Hey, > > How can I go back a version, I did an apt-get update and now i have > a > version of a software package that doesn't work and like to go back > to > the one before. > > Payne > I think that you can do: # apt-get install = For examp

Re: downgrade a package

2006-09-28 Thread Clive Menzies
On (28/09/06 03:45), Chuck Payne wrote: > How can I go back a version, I did an apt-get update and now i have a > version of a software package that doesn't work and like to go back to > the one before. Try http://snapshot.debian.net/ Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies

Re: downgrade a package

2006-09-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 03:45:02 -0400, Chuck Payne wrote: > Hey, > > How can I go back a version, I did an apt-get update and now i have a > version of a software package that doesn't work and like to go back to > the one before. You can probably still find older versions of the package in /va

downgrade a package

2006-09-28 Thread Chuck Payne
Hey, How can I go back a version, I did an apt-get update and now i have a version of a software package that doesn't work and like to go back to the one before. Payne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to downgrade a package

2003-11-25 Thread Bill Moseley
I'm having problems since upgrading to the latest apache-perl in Sid. How can I downgrade to the previous package (including all dependencies)? I want to verify what I think is wrong. I still have these in my cache. I'd like to downgrade to the 1.3.28-4, which is the last version that I was u

Re: apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?

2003-09-12 Thread Ian Silvester
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:18:42 +0200, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:46:41 +0200, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and

Re: apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?

2003-09-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:46:41 +0200, Andreas Janssen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >>> I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed. >>> >>> When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for

Re: apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?

2003-09-11 Thread Ian Silvester
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:46:41 +0200, Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed. When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for example) using Package Manager or apt-get, I get the following

Re: apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?

2003-09-11 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ian Silvester (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed. > > When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for example) using Package > Manager or apt-get, I get the following error: > > Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: >

apt-get trying to downgrade a package version?

2003-09-11 Thread Ian Silvester
Hi all, I am running Woody with a 2.4.20 kernel and acpi installed. When I try to install kppp or am-utils (for example) using Package Manager or apt-get, I get the following error: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: acpi: Depends: libc6 (>=2.3.1-1) but 2.2.5-11.5 is to

Re: is it possible to downgrade a package using dpkg or apt

2002-11-06 Thread sean finney
hiya, i think this will also do the trick for you, if you don't feel like finding the .deb file yourself: apt-get --reinstall install packagename=version this should also deal with any dependency issues that you might have, but with either way, you'll need some way to prevent it from automatical

Re: is it possible to downgrade a package using dpkg or apt

2002-11-04 Thread Steve Juranich
dpkg -i --force-downgrade .deb On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 19:44:27 +0100 "A. Loonstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking of trying the amanda backup system from potato since > woody and potato can't get along. Is it possible to downgrade it, or > should I first uninstall the versions installed n

is it possible to downgrade a package using dpkg or apt

2002-11-04 Thread A. Loonstra
I'm thinking of trying the amanda backup system from potato since woody and potato can't get along. Is it possible to downgrade it, or should I first uninstall the versions installed now. Arnaud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: downgrade a package

2002-02-11 Thread Thomas Cook
> Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > > Hi! > > I upgraded package 'kinkatta' with > > apt-get -t unstable install kinkatta > > to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How can > I 'downgrade' again? apt-get remove kinkatta apt-get install kinkatta/stable Tom

Re: downgrade a package

2002-02-11 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Christian Schoenebeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020211 11:39]: > apt-get -t unstable install kinkatta > > to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How can > I 'downgrade' again? Are you using /etc/apt/preferences ? Try setting a pin >1000 for the verision you want, i.e.: Package: kinkatta P

Re: downgrade a package

2002-02-11 Thread Glyn Millington
"Christian Schoenebeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > >   > > I upgraded package 'kinkatta' with >     apt-get -t unstable install kinkatta > > to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How can > I 'downgrade' again? Hmm - better not to post html! will a simple apt-get --purge remove k

Re: downgrade a package

2002-02-11 Thread Isabelle Hurbain
On Monday 11 February 2002 20:27, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > Hi! > > I upgraded package 'kinkatta' with > > apt-get -t unstable install kinkatta > > to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How can > I 'downgrade' again? > > Thanks, > > Christian Schoenebeck try to edit /etc/apt/prefe

Re: downgrade a package

2002-02-11 Thread Yven J. Leist
On Monday 11 February 2002 20:27, Christian Schoenebeck wrote: > Hi! > > I upgraded package 'kinkatta' with > > apt-get -t unstable install kinkatta > > to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How can > I 'downgrade' again? simply remove it with "dpkg -r kinkatta" and install it via apt-g

downgrade a package

2002-02-11 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Hi!   I upgraded package 'kinkatta' with       apt-get -t unstable install kinkatta   to the unstable version. That was a mistake. How can I 'downgrade' again?   Thanks,   Christian Schoenebeck

Re: how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

2001-10-18 Thread Craig Dickson
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > dselect will only show you the latest version of a package. In fact the > version you want may no longer exist. Which is why /var/cache/apt/archives is your friend. I wrote a script to run through that directory and delete all but the most recent two versions of all

Re: how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

2001-10-18 Thread Craig Dickson
tim haegele wrote: > I like to downgrade binutils from version 2.11.92.0.5-3 to 2.11.92.0.5-2 . > How can I do this? Can it be done using dselect? Not that I know of. Hopefully you still have your binutils_2.11.92.0.5-2_i386.deb file in /var/cache/apt/archives. If so, you can just use dpkg dire

RE: how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

2001-10-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 18-Oct-2001 tim haegele wrote: > hello all > > topic says all... > > I like to downgrade binutils from version 2.11.92.0.5-3 to 2.11.92.0.5-2 . > How can I do this? Can it be done using dselect? > you need to find the deb for the older version and install it with dpkg. Once this is d

how to downgrade a package and set it to hold in dselect ?

2001-10-18 Thread tim haegele
hello all topic says all... I like to downgrade binutils from version 2.11.92.0.5-3 to 2.11.92.0.5-2 . How can I do this? Can it be done using dselect? thanks