Re: revert package instructions found do not work

[solitone <solitone@mail.com>]

On Friday, 17 February 2017 03:54:22 CET Felix Miata wrote:
> I forgot to hold the non-broken mc version 4.8.17 before upgrading, so want
> to revert to the older packages in the cache:
> # ll /var/cache/apt/archives/mc*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  510906 May  8  2016 mc_3%3a4.8.17-1_amd64.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  512534 Oct 16 19:06 mc_3%3a4.8.18-1_amd64.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1265158 May  8  2016 mc-data_3%3a4.8.17-1_all.deb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1267428 Oct 16 19:06 mc-data_3%3a4.8.18-1_all.deb
> 
> Nothing I try found via searching the web, e.g. "debian revert package"

I would install with dpkg the packages you still have in the apt cache, in 
order to downgrade to the old version, and then hold them.