Re: Newbie to SID: How to install the previous version of a package ?

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Sylvain Vedrenne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How to install the previous version of a package ?
>
> Example:
> I want to install gnome-session,
> apt-get install gnome-session  complains that there is a grave bug in 
> desktop-base version 0.3.13 - see below details from Debian-BTS. So I decide 
> to install later...
>
>   - Is it possible to install gnome-session using the previous version of 
> desktop-base: version 0.3.12 ? 
>       - How to do that ? 
>       - Is it safe (as far as it can be in Sid) ?

apt-get install package=<version>

That should do the trick, assuming the requested version is still in
the archive.  Also, check out snapshot.debian.net.

-Roberto Sanchez

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