Re: Etch and openoffice: how to downgrade
On Thursday 12 October 2006 17:37, Brad Sawatzky wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote:
> > I need to downgrade OO from 2.0.4 rc 3-1 to 2.0.3.
> > How can I do this?
> >
> > If you ask why, because oo impress chrashes when you try to add 2
> > clipart from gallery (I've sent a message to the package mantainers)
>
> With luck it is as simple as (for example):
> sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-impress_2.0.3-6.deb
>
> That just installs the old version of OOimpress and leaves the rest of OO
> alone. If I'm reading the 'Depends:' for 2.0.3-6 correctly, that should
> work. YMMV.
>
> This also requires you to have the old version in your apt cache. If you
> don't you should be able to download it from <http://snapshot.debian.net>.
The 2.0.4 rc's are broken elsewhere as well. Bad shape. I might download ALL
the 2.0.3-6 files.
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