Re: downgrading a single package

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

Mathieu Malaterre escreveu:
> Hi there,
>
>   I was experiencing with an unstable package, now I'd like to
> downgrade this package... I have been searching for hours I cannot
> find what I need to do:
> [...]
> $ apt-cache policy nfs-common
> nfs-common:
>   Installed: 1:1.1.3-2
>   Candidate: 1:1.1.3-2
>   Version table:
>  *** 1:1.1.3-2 0
>          40 http://ftp.fr.debian.org unstable/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1:1.1.2-6lenny1 0
>          50 http://ftp.fr.debian.org testing/main Packages
>      1:1.0.10-6+etch.1 0
>         500 http://debian.theralys.com etch/main Packages
>
> $ sudo apt-get install nfs-common=1.1.2-6
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> E: Version '1.1.2-6' for 'nfs-common' was not found
>
>
> How do I downgrade to 1.1.2 ?
>   

Try apt-get install nfs-common=1.1.2-6lenny1, that's the correct version
(not only 1.1.2-6).

You can also easily install specific versions using aptitude's graphical
interface.

-- 
Eduardo M Kalinowski
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br