Re: Downgrading specific packages with apt

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 10 June 2017 10:45:22 Fungi4All wrote:
> UTC Time: June 10, 2017 7:42 AM
> From: solitone@mail.com
>
> On Friday, 9 June 2017 23:38:40 CEST Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> > I've never downgrade using apt, but with synaptic it's not too hard,
>
> Hi Jimmy, and thanks for your reply. I'm under Plasma Desktop, so I don't
> have synaptic--I use KDE's Discover. Although I use it only for automatic
> updates. For installing/removing packages, as well as setting a package on
> hold, I use apt. I'd rather use apt for downgrading as well.
>
> dpkg
>
> Put a package on hold:
>
> echo "<package-name> hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
>
> Remove the hold:
>
> echo "<package-name> install" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
>
> Display the status of your packages:
>
> dpkg --get-selections
>
> Display the status of a single package:
>
> dpkg --get-selections | grep "<package-name>"
>
> apt
>
> Hold a package:
>
> sudo apt-mark hold <package-name>
>
> Remove the hold:
>
> sudo apt-mark unhold <package-name>
>
> aptitude
>
> Hold a package:
>
> sudo aptitude hold <package-name>
>
> Remove the hold:
>
> sudo aptitude unhold <package-name>
>
> thanks to askubuntu
>
> Cheers!

Yes, but it wasn't the question asked.  He already knows how to "hold" and has 
already done it.  He wants to be sure how to DOWNGRADE if he needs to do so.

I realise that in theory Solitone could be a she, and apologise if my 
impression that he is a man is wrong. :-(

Lisi