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Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt

From Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt
Date 2017-06-10 12:40 +0200
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On 10-06-17, solitone wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 June 2017 05:45:22 CEST Fungi4All wrote:
> > apt
> > 
> > Hold a package: 
> > sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>
> > 
> > Remove the hold: 
> > sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>
> 
> That's ok. I can then:
> $ sudo apt upgrade
> to upgrade that package to the latest available version.
> 
> But my question was: once I've upgrated it, how can I *downgrade* it to its 
> previous version, in case I find out it doesn't work right? What's the best 
> practice to downgrade with apt?
> 
> Thanks
> 

# apt-get install package=package-version-number

or if you are up for targeting release

# apt-get -t=release install package

which is same as

# apt-get --target-release install package

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Downgrading specific packages with apt solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-06-10 06:50 +0200
  Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Jimmy Johnson <jimmyjhn@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 09:00 +0200
    Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-06-10 09:50 +0200
      Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-10 11:50 +0200
        Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-06-10 12:10 +0200
          Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 12:40 +0200
            Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-06-10 12:50 +0200
        Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 08:50 +0200
        Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-11 09:20 +0200
          Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 09:40 +0200
            Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-06-11 10:10 +0200
              Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 10:50 +0200
                Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-06-11 11:20 +0200
                Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-11 21:10 +0200
                Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-06-11 21:40 +0200
              Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2017-06-11 13:30 +0200
            Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-11 10:50 +0200

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