Re: dpkg - restoring working packages
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Tomasz Wzietek wrote:
> suppose i have a working package. i decide to upgrade it,
> so i download the deb and use 'dpkg -i' to install it.
> let's say, there are some unsatisfied dependencies that
> i don't want to resolve (let's assume that it would require
> some further drastic upgrading). how do i go back to the
> previously working older version of the package without
> reinstalling it?
<...>
> is there a switch or another deb-* command that would do
> the trick? or do i need to download the old version and
> reinstall it?
If you have already installed the .deb, the old version is gone.
"dpkg-repack" will create a .deb from an installed package.
- Bruce
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