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Re: revert package instructions found do not work

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:54:22AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> I forgot to hold the non-broken mc version 4.8.17 before upgrading, so want
> to revert to the older packages in the cache:
> # ll /var/cache/apt/archives/mc*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  510906 May  8  2016 mc_3%3a4.8.17-1_amd64.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  512534 Oct 16 19:06 mc_3%3a4.8.18-1_amd64.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1265158 May  8  2016 mc-data_3%3a4.8.17-1_all.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1267428 Oct 16 19:06 mc-data_3%3a4.8.18-1_all.deb
> 
> Nothing I try found via searching the web, e.g. "debian revert package"
> chttps://www.google.com/search?q=debian+revert+package+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial
> can seem to locate any version of mc except 4.8.18, whether apt-get,
> aptitude, apt-cache, etc. What's the secret to finding the right version
> string, and which command?

If what you mean is, you want to install 4.8.17-1 from the .deb you have in
your cache, it's simply

	dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/mc_3%3a4.8.17-1_amd64.deb \
		/var/cache/apt/archives/mc-data_3%3a4.8.17-1_all.deb

dpkg works directly with packages; apt-get works with repositories. To install
a .deb with apt-get you would need to onstruct a repository which is a bit
overkill for this purpose. I think it might be possible to install .debs with
aptitude or the apt(1) tool, but I am not sure. One disadvantage of using dpkg
directly is it will not resolve package dependencies for you, but in your case
I think you likely have them all installed already.

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revert package instructions found do not work Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-02-17 10:00 +0100
  Re: revert package instructions found do not work solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-17 10:10 +0100
  Re: revert package instructions found do not work Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-02-17 10:10 +0100
  Re: revert package instructions found do not work Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-02-17 10:10 +0100

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