Questions tagged [downgrade]
For questions about how to revert to an earlier version of a package or an earlier versions of Ubuntu.
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Downgrade openmpi v2.1.1 to v2.0.2
I have installed openmpi on ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS using
$sudo apt-get install libopenmpi-dev
$ mpirun -version
mpirun (Open MPI) 2.1.1
How can I downgrade it to v2.0.2
Thank you!
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How to go downgrade Thunderbird to older version in 18.04?,
My indispensable addons don't work in Thunderbird 60.x (Japanese popup readers rikaichan, rikaichamp, yomichan, etc.) nor in 52.x (lightning calendar) so I want to downgrade to an even older version ...
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How to downgrade PHP 7.1?
Recently I've upgraded my Ubuntu from 18.04 LTS to 18.10. This also upgraded my PHP 7.1 to this version: PHP 7.1.28-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+3. Now I have to downgrade to PHP 7.1.27 due to 7.1.28 ...
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Downgrade to 4.13 or upgrade to 4.18 from 4.15 kernel
I had Ubuntu 16.04 with kernel 4.4 but I need TCP BBR and I read that TCP BBR is present in kernel since version 4.9 so I installed the following:
sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic-...
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How to rollback to an older kernel on 16.04/purge kernel automatically installs new one?
unattended-upgrade recently automatically upgrade my kernel to 4.4.0-143 but it does not work with Nvidia graphic cards so I decided to roll back to previous version.
I am able to boot to an older ...
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How to install Linux Kernel 2.6.11 using source code
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I would like to change my Linux Kernel version to 2.6.11(downgrade).
Are any dependencies to downgrade?
For example, libraries to help source code compile, Ubuntu ...
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Render LaTeX is not working in Inkscape after installing to 18.04
I have recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 (Not upgrade, a clean install). In Ubuntu 18.04, the rendering LaTeX function in Inkscape is not working. Following is the error output:
*** WARNING - the ...
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Downgrading 18.10 to 18.04 - How can I only purge the OS and not delete my personal files? [duplicate]
Seeing as how I'm starting to hate 18.10 more and more, I've decided on a downgrade.
Also seeing as how a downgrade is not really recommended and I'll have to probably go with a total reinstall, what'...
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Is it possible to change the dependencies of a package?
I would like to change the dependencies of the package slack-desktop. My case is complex, but I will try to explain it why i wanna do this. I want to downgrade slack-desktop using this command sudo ...
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How to downgrade from 64-bit to 32-bit
I have a 2gb chromebook with 64-bit ubuntu 12.04 and it runs extremly slow and often crashes so how to I downgrade it to 32-bit or is their another solution?
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How can I safely downgrade from 18.04 to 16.04 [duplicate]
A couple of days ago I upgraded my netbook from 16.04 to 18.04.
Is there a safe way to return to 16.04?
My system is the following:
Memory: 3.8GB
Processor: Intel® Celeron(R) CPU N3060 @ 1.60GHz × 2
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I am trying to downgrade make from 4.1 to 3.81
I downloaded 3.81 file from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
after then extracted it & then inside the extracted file I opened terminal but I got errors...
./config
make
sudo make install
After make ...
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How can I downgrade from PHP 7 to PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04? [duplicate]
I am trying to revert my PHP version to 5.6 from 7 and though I removed PHP 7 and then installed PHP 5.6 I still seem to be running version 7.
Is there a simple method for moving through PHP versions ...
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How do I downgrade from 18.10 to 18.04 [duplicate]
I recently upgraded from 18.04 to 18.10... Wanting to revert to LTS. Can I do this without re-installing Ubuntu?
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How to downgrade gthumb in 16.04?
I greatly dislike the user interface changes between the version of gthumb in 16.04 and the version that was in 14.04. But the deal breaker is this "loading original image" dialog box that pops up ...
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How to reverse '-proposed' channel package upgrade?
I have an Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.18 64-bit VM, and in that VM I needed to test something in the xenial-proposed channel so I activated it in the software-properties-gtk, ran sudo apt-get ...
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Upgraded to 16.04.5 without dist-upgrade and can I go back?
I'd thought to upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04.4 to 16.04.5 you needed to run "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".
I just ran
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
and that took me from 16.04.4 to 16.04.5 ...
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How to downgrade Ansible 2.1.1.0 to 2.0.2?
For compatibility reasons, I need to use Ansible 2.0.2.
When I try with apt-get I can only find versions 2.1.1, 1.7.2 and 1.5.4.
How can I downgrade to 2.0.2 specifically?
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use dd Cloning Tool and Ubuntu installed on usb for upgrade or downgrade Ubuntu
I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04, made some wrong selections while upgrading, Can I use Ubuntu installed on usb stick (dd The Native Linux Cloning Tool) to upgrade or downgrade Ubuntu ?
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Cannot downgrade a package upgraded previously
Note 1: At the end of the post I explain why I think this is not a duplicate of this or this question.
Note 2: If you want to avoid wasting too much time in reading the question, you can just read the ...
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tls-remote workaround for openvpn on Ubuntu 17.10
I try to work around that the option
--tls-remote
was removed in openvpn 2.4 so my openvpn config file does not work any more.
I tried to downgrade openvpn from 2.4 in Ubuntu 17.10 down to 2.3.4:
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Disable HWE and continue with GA kernal of 16.04?
My Laptop is very old and doesn't need support for new hardware. Updating to new kernel releases has made me 2nd monitor not to work. How can I opt out of HWE and stay with 5years supported kernel? I ...
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Downgrade from 17.10 to 16.04LTS
How do I downgrade from 17.10 to 16.04LTS since I can't be upgraded to 18.04 due to my 32-bit laptop?
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GNOME is gone. How to fix?
I have had this issue for a few weeks. I use Ubuntu 14.04. I love GNOME and decided to upgrade to 3.12.
Then I later decided to downgrade to 3.10, using ppa-purge. I ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ...
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How to downgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to 15.10? [duplicate]
I am using an HP pavilion G6 notebook and it has AMD graphic which is not supported by Ubuntu 16.04. I want to downgrade my PC, unless there is any other solution to fix this graphic problem.
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How to downgrade PHP from 5.3.x to 5.2.x
I need to downgrade my PHP to 5.2.x from 5.3.x Certain software I currently use requires it.
I found all these link explaining how to do it but they no longer work because they show you how to use ...
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Is it possible to install old version of NoMachine?
My NoMachine on remote PC was auto-updated to 6 version. But my host machine require 5th (there are some specific issues with the newer one). And now it is not possible to connect from 5th to 6th.
Is ...
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Downgrade kernel U16.04
I read many questions like mine but I didn't solve.
I explain my situation:
I currently have kernel 4.13.0-26-generic that solve Meltdown and Spectre on my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
After that upgrade I can'...
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How do I stop continuous downgrading by APT?
Every time I go to terminal and do an update+upgrade it wants to downgrade 2 packages (debhelper and dh-autoreconf).
This is the message I get:
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
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How to INSTALL kernel 4.4 which no longer resides on the system and then remove kernel 4.10 from ubuntu 16.04
My bluetooth audio arrangement works with 4.4.0-7x but no kernel that I've tried in between that and now 4.10.0-32 and beyond. It's an IHB-23 speaker system that shows up as a headset. On somewhere ...
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Why do I have so many packages that are "newer than version in archive," and how do I downgrade them?
Two-part question: why do I have so many packages showing "newer than version in archive," and how do I downgrade all of them to the current version in the archive?
Background: I ran the updater (...
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TP-Link adapter TP-WN823N needs a lower kernel version - how can I downgrade? [duplicate]
I have brought a TP-Link adapter TP-WN823N which works fine on Windows & Mac but they didn't provide drivers for Linux. I found drivers for Linux but it is compatible only with Linux kernel 2.6.18 ...
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How to downgrade if version is not known?
I'm trying to downgrade libboost-dev-all from 1.58 to 1.55.0.1. However if I do apt-cache showpkg libboost-dev-all it doesnt show 1.55.0.1 as a version to select.
Whats the cleanest way to install ...
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How do I downgrade Firefox 56 to 52esr? [duplicate]
Currently I am running FF56 on Ubuntu 16.04. Despite the cool new stuff in FF57, I can't update because some extensions I regularly use won't be compatible, and there are no similar compatible ...
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How can I downgrade from Audacity 2.2.0 to 2.1.3? [duplicate]
I'm using Lubuntu 17.04. I'd like to downgrade Audacity from 2.2.0 (too buggy) to 2.1.3 but am unsure how to do that.
Your help is much appreciated.
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how to downgrade mono?
i've been trying to modify the repo for it, but all i managed to get was an HTTP 404 Error. can someone tell me how to downgrade mono using repos or from annother way? thanks in advance
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How to downgrade from Ubuntu 16.04.3 to 16.04? [closed]
How can I downgrade from 16.04.3 to 16.04?
I want to install Oracle Database 12c (12.1.0.2) on Ubuntu 16.04. The installation guide I refer to exactly Ubuntu 16.04. I'm having trouble running Oracle ...
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How to downgrade Firefox from 30 to 28?
I've accidentally sudo apt-get upgrade (while c/p-ing instructions to do something and failing to notice that it isn't sudo apt-get update) and it upgraded Firefox from 28 to 30. Now my menus are ...
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How can I downgrade packages without removing their dependants?
I have a number of mesa packages that I had upgraded to a PPA version, before purging the PPA so I could upgrade my system. The differences in the versions are minor (they are technically the same, ...
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Kernel installation by using Synaptic
As part of my investigation of the distortion issues I'm having, I was going to try installing an older kernel that I used to use when I was on Mint...
I found a article here that explains removal of ...
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How can I change from Ubuntu 15.04 Daily Build to stable?
I am using Ubuntu 15.04 Daily Build and I would like to change my system so that it is stable. I imagine this could involve downgrading some packages. How can I go about doing this?
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How to rollback from 17.04 to 16.04? [duplicate]
I upgraded to 17.04 but having some issue with wifi, how can I downgrade to 16.04?
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Issues after downgrading to 16.04 from 17.04
I had Ubuntu 17.04 and decided to go back to 16.04 as it had lot of stability issues. Upon uninstalling 17.04 and installing 16.04 the installation was successful, but the home directory and boot ...
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Want to reinstall 14.04 over 16.04 [duplicate]
I was running 14.04 on my Intel Atom processor based netbook. However, when I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04, the netbook stopped working properly.
I have now understood that the 1 GB of RAM is not ...
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Downgrade Mesa Drivers [duplicate]
I see a ton of references as to how to UPGRADE your Mesa drivers using PPAs. However, is there a way to DOWNGRADE easily? For example, I currently have Mesa 17.1.3 installed but would like the ability ...
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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 to downgrade libdrm-intel1?
I know what my problem is and what must be done can be seen here:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=768045
I must downgrade from 2.4.58 to 2.4.56. When I try via the following I get ...
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Can I downgrade the kernel on Ubuntu 14.04.2?
I have an application that works fine on 14.04.1 but does not work fine on 14.04.2.
I found a bug report that indicates the newer kernel in 14.04.2 is the source of this issue. Is possible to ...
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Can't downgrade to the version I just upgraded from
This morning a regular software update brought in an update to Firefox that broke some important functionality in an app I run on top of it (with firefox -app). I checked my upgrade history and found ...
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How can I remove new kernel versions after downgrading?
I upgraded Ubuntu to 12.04, all packages. But after that I encountered a lot of problems so I decided to downgrade to 11.10.
After I did that I found I now have two kernels: 3.2.x and 3.0.x.
I found ...
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