Re: Downgrading a package that is causing some problems in KDE
--- Ibrahim Mubarak <ibmub80@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I performed an upgrade yesterday to my SID system. I know these are
> tough times with the migration to gcc 4.0 and everything, and that I
> should have been more careful, but I messed up. I am still not sure
> where. Now (after a reboot), when I am in KDE, nothing appears on the
> panel menu except the K menu button and the desktop button. In the K
> menu, all is gone, or almost.
>
> First of all, how can I find out what version of a package is
> installed
> on my system without going through synaptic or dselect, because
> sometimes I don't have access to an X session and the version number
> would be too long to be displayed in full in dselect. I am talking
> about libs, so I can't do 'name -v' type of thing.
>
> Secondly, is there a history file for aptitude and/or apt-get that
> could tell me which packages got upgraded yesterday?
>
> Finally, if it turns out that I need to get back to an old version of
> package 'whatsitsname', how can I do it? I tried to search debian.org
> for a package in unstable (this time it was xlibs-data), but the only
> available version is the one I have. Is there an archive for older
> versions of packages?
>
> Thanks,
> ib
Well, I was able to run synaptic and found the package that is causing
all this trouble : kdelibs-data
I have version 4:3.4.2-1 installed and kdelibs is at 4:3.3.2-7
I want to revert back to the older version. How do I do it and where
can I find it? I tried http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages but I
can't find the version I want.
Thanks a lot,
ib
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