For questions about how to revert to earlier versions of packages or Ubuntu.
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How change from devel to stable version of ubuntu [duplicate]
Well, i had a bad day and i don't know how i thought that was a good idea launch this command to upgrade ubuntu.
do-release-upgrade -d
Yes, with '-d' and now i have a unstable version 13.10 of ...
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how can i go back to 12.04 from 12.10 in a dual boot pc? [duplicate]
I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and I have a lot of issues i.e. mouse doesn't respond . Is there a way to go back to previous state with the 12.04 DVD or I have to erase everything and re-install?
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How to downgrade packages on Ubuntu?
Update Manager keeps packages at the latest version, but occasionally a new package version may not work as expected or properly. How to downgrade an installed package and lock it at a specific ...
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how to downgrade kernel image using usb stick (live usb)?
is there a way to downgrade kernel on main ubuntu OS using live USB? thanx
i read this: How to downgrade the Kernel on 11.10 , but it seems i need to have access to the OS, while in my case i cannot ...
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Is it safe to downgrade libgl1-mesa-glx?
I am trying to install qt-sdk but get the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
qt-sdk : Depends: libqt4-opengl-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to ...
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How to downgrade Broadcom wireless drivers bcmwl-kernel-source?
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit, my wifi is now misbehaving. It seems to lose Internet connectivity from time to time, so this results in, for example, the web browser stops loading sites ...
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How to uninstall Intel Linux Graphics Installer and revert to default drivers
Recently Intel released their opensource driver tool (https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/2013/intel-linux-graphics-installer) which auto-selects the right drivers for your intel chipset (in my ...
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Downgrade From Ubuntu 12.10 to 12.04 [duplicate]
I am new to Linux and I installed Ubuntu 12.10 in a Dual-boot with windows 7 a few days ago. I find that Ubuntu 12.10 is too buggy and I want to downgrade to 12.04. What should I do?
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How to downgrade Raring Ringtail back to Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I've just updated my Ubuntu 12.04 up to Raring Ringtail Daily Build, and now I wanna get back my Precise. I found out that I can't use ATI legacy drivers because of version of kernel and X-Server ...
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Use Old GCC Version
I've been trying to get an old version of GCC for my Ubuntu but I can't find any working way to achieve that.
I'd like to use the version 4.1.2 of GCC, and I currently got the 4.7.2.
How may I ...
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How easy is it to downgrade from 12.10 to 12.04? [duplicate]
Is there any loss of data etc. in downgrading from 12.10 to 12.04? More importantly, is there a method to do that other than a complete re-install?
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Can I use older version of LibreOffice in Quantal?
Quantal has 3.6. I feel that the new version is heavier - at least for my specs. (Beside having this problem).
How could I install an older version of LibreOffice?
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How do I reinstall older version of ubuntu?
A friend of mine installed Ubuntu on my Samsung N210 netbook and it worked very well. It was much faster than the Windows 7 (which is still installed but partitioned).
Ubuntu suggested I upgrade and ...
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Is this considered a minor kernel update from 3.2.0-24.38 to 3.2.0-35.40?
I am thinking of installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, 64 bit, English. It comes with a kernel version 3.2.0-35.40
One of my programs only support kernel version 3.2.0-24-generic. On ...
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The latest kernel update broke my Macbook Air; how can I fix it?
I installed 12.10 on my 11-inch mid-'11 Air without a hitch. I removed Unity and installed Cinnamon in its place. I purged every Unity-related package from the system. Today, the kernel updated and ...
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How do I downgrade kernel on 12.10?
I did a fresh installation of Ubuntun 12.10 (kernel v3.5.0.21-generic, 64 bit, US English) on my computer after downloading the ISO from Ubuntu.com.
In order for one of my installed programs to work, ...
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How to downgrade Ubuntu after 12.10 issues? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
I installed 12.10 removing Windows XP on a Netbook. The installation was successfully but the system is working too slow.
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How to i load 11.10 back to my system?
I was using 11.10 for the last 1 year. and then i upgraded to ubuntu 12.04.1. but i have had many problem since. there was some problem with the graphic being loaded, and major problem with the ...
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Can I downgrade 12.10 back to 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
I have had nothing but problems with my box since I upgraded to 12.10.
I'd like to go back to 12.04 (I had no problems at ...
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How to upgrade back to xorg 1.13 after downgrade to 1.12 in ubuntu 12.10?
I had to downgrade Xorg from 1.13 to 1.12 in order to use the fglrx-legacy but it (fglrx-legacy) didn't work for me neither fglrx. So, is it possible to upgrade Xorg back to 1.13? and how?
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how to downgrade from 13.04 to 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
I am new to Ubuntu and had a update pop up and said yes without looking at it and now I am at 13.04. I don't have any ...
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Downgrading a package and dependencies
I want to downgrade libcairo2 to the version from Precise (I'm running Quantal). I've added the precise source to my sources.list and can do 'apt-get install libcairo2=', but it's going to remove some ...
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Downgrading Transmission
I am registered in one of the private torrent sites and according to the site rules, some torrent clients are allowed, others are banned.
They happen to recommend the torrent client Transmission ...
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How to build a particular version of gcc (4.5.1)?
In my office we have gcc-4.5.1, with that version my c++ project works fine.
If I compile the same project at home with Ubuntu 12.04 with gcc-4.6, I have lot of errors and I couldn't compile at all. ...
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Uninstall ubuntu 12.04 and install 11.04
I'm a newbie to Ubuntu. I have been using it as a dual boot on one laptop with ubuntu 11.04 I believe.
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 on my good laptop as a dual boot and it is really slow. I have plenty ...
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Ubuntu 11.10: Downgrade GCC-4.6 into GCC-4.1.2
I would like to build GCC-4.1.2 in Ubuntu 11.10 32bit (currently works well with GCC-4.6).
The "make" stage shows error relating to header files:
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/usr/include/features.h:323:26: error: ...
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How to downgrade from Gnome Shell 3.6.1?
When I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10, I didn't know it would upgrade my gnome shell version to 3.6.1. Now, all my extensions are useless. Is there any way to revert back to the previous version?
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How do I downgrade to Subversion 1.6?
I'm trying to downgrade subversion to 1.6 from 1.7, doing sudo apt-get install subversion=1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3 does not seem to work, any idea on how to do this without breaking half the instalation? ...
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Downgrade to gnome 3.4 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to downgrade or upgrade gnome shell 3.5.4 to stable version?
I'm using Gnome Shell instead of Unity. Yesterday I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10, which seems to work fine. ...
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How to install old AMD Catalyst 12.4 drivers on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have an ATi Radeon HD 3650 AGP, which does not support 12.8 and 12.9 drivers. The latest supported version is 12.4, but Catalyst 12.4 does not support Ubuntu 12.10. How can I downgrade to 12.4 or ...
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How can I downgrade Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
I have recently updated my Ubuntu install from 10.04 to 12.04, However 10.04 is much faster how can I retrieve 10.04 ...
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How can I downgrade a system that accidentally had backports installed?
I installed a fresh Ubuntu system. Somehow - possibly through my own error - the backports repository got enabled. Then I did several upgrades. I noticed that this happened when networking suddenly ...
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Is it safe to downgrade X?
I have an old graphics-card which needs the nvidia-96 drivers. But the drivers need xorg-video-abi-10 to be installed, and my version of Ubuntu (Precise) has (i think) an newer version, because that ...
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How can I ensure I am running the current stock kernel?
At some point, I installed a new kernel, for no particular purpose but to try.
I am having some problems, and would like to ensure that they are not caused by the kernel I installed.
How can I ...
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How do I downgrade Nautilus 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10 to Nautilus 3.4? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I dislike the new Nautilus. How do I downgrade it?
For those who wonder why I don't just ...
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How to use a driver for Ubuntu with a higher kernel version(2.6.36) on ubuntu with lower kernel version (2.6.30))
I want to use EASYCAP on my Ubuntu(kernel version 2.6.30).
The problem is that ,the drivers for EASYCAP are included in kernel version 2.6.36 and higher.
I have extracted all the files corresponding ...
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How do I re-install 11.10 and wipe out 12.04?
I have had nothing but problems with 12.04 and want to return to 11.04.
I do not want to try to fix it at this time and want to go back to what worked well for me.
Can someone point me to the ...
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How to upgrade/downgrade from 12.04 to 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
Now this might sound stupid, but coming from 12.04 I would like to upgrade/downgrade to 11.10. I can't do a fresh install ...
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Can I downgrade X in 12.04? [closed]
Is it possible to successfully downgrade X to 1.10.99.* or earlier in 12.04?
I have tried with Synaptic->Package->Force Version, but it only shows me two versions of 1.11.4. Downgrading would ...
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How do I stop update manager trying to downgrade my 3.4 kernel to 3.2?
I installed the 3.4 kernel for hardware support reasons, and everything is working swimmingly.. but UpdateManager keeps prompting me to install the 3.2 kernel again. Is there a way to stop it doing ...
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Need Ubuntu 11.10 download link
I've been trying to install oracle 11gR2 in Ubuntu 12.04 and am encountering lots of errors, but this hasn't happened in the case of Ubuntu 11.10. Currently I am trying to download Ubuntu 11.10 but I ...
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How do I downgrade Unity to 5.10? [closed]
Due to bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/compiz-core/+bug/996604 I need to downgrade Unity to 5.10.
I've tried doing it via terminal (sudo apt-get install unity=5.10.0-*) but I get dependencies issues.
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programs - Downgrading
I have Blender 2.62 installed, and I have come across a brain-damage bug (Don't worry folks, it's been reported) and I want to downgrade to a previous version. How would I would I go about doing this?
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Downgrading nVidia driver problem
I have been experiencing the bug mentioned here. People have reported downgrading their driver to 290.10 prevented the issue for them so I tried this but I am not sure whether I have installed the ...
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How to downgrade Compiz to 0.8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04?
Is there a safe way to downgrade Compiz to 0.8.6 in Ubuntu 12.04? I don't want to use Unity anymore and due to bug #862430 and bug #933776 Compiz is unusable for me.
I would appreciate any ...
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How can I downgrade a PPA package to the official version?
I have ppa:cr3/ppa in my sources list. It upgrades my checkbox, checkbox-gtk, and checkbox-qt packages to version 0.14~ppa6.12.04. And now I have problems with updating my system, and sometimes ...
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How to downgrade gcc to version 4.1.1 if I use Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04 64-bit?
It may seems simlar to this question:
Old version of gcc for new Ubuntu
but I can't solve it with the method provided in that thread
I get some error like
gcc-4.1 : Depends: cpp-4.1 (= ...
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How to downgrade Oracle Java 7 to Java 6?
I recently changed my Wubi install into a full install, which runs a lot smoother than Wubi. I had to re-install all my stuff, because I did it the lazy-man's way, and after reinstalling Java, I ...
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reinstall previous version on dual boot system
So, I tried to upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 on a dual boot system but Ubuntu will not load. I then tried to boot from a USB stick with "start-up disc creator" and a 12.04 iso image(BIOS set to boot ...
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How to downgrade WINE?
Some Windows applications work better under an older version of WINE. From time to time it is even necessary to use a previous WINE version in order to get an application to start. However, the ...
