Re: switch back to gnome 3.16

[moxalt <moxalt@riseup.net>]

On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:39:06 +0100, Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> wrote:

> Op Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:20:11 +0100 schreef Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>:
> 
> > What is the easiest way to switch back to gnome 3.16, now both testing  
> > and unstable have 3.18?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > floris
> >  
> 
> Steps so far:
> 
> add:
> deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150601T041739Z/ unstable  
> main non-free contrib
> to /etc/apt/sources.list
> 
> run:
> sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Check-Valid-Until=false update
> 
> tried:
> sudo apt-get install gnome-session=3.16.0-1
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   gnome-session : Depends: gnome-session-bin (< 3.17) but 3.18.1.2-1 is to  
> be installed
>                   Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.16.0-1) but 3.18.1.2-1  
> is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> 
> I know I can add all the dependencies by hand, but maybe there is an easy  
> solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> floris
> 


Why are you trying to downgrade from 3.18 to 3.16? Is 3.18 not working for you
or something?

Downgrading packages in Debian is very difficult. It has been done, but it is
virtually impossible unless you're willing to do lots of manual.. stuff.