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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Apt doesn't want to install an older version of package
I'm building a debian package from the source code. The package has, among the others, the following dependency (part of debian/control):
libswarm-dev (>= 0.6.1.0), libswarm-dev (<< 0.7),
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20.04 how to downgrade kernel from 5.4.0-56-generic to 5.4.0-55.61
The 5.4.0-56 does not like AMD graphic driver. Based on https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-amdgpu-unified-linux-20-45 I need to downgrade to 5.4.0-51 to install the graphic card's ...
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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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Downgrading Virtualbox, conflicting packages
I'm trying to downgrade VirtualBox to 5.0.26 because I have sound issues with Genymotion and I hope they get fixed.
I currently have 5.1.14. I got the .deb for 5.0.26 from their archive here. I try ...
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Ubuntu Server Install Old Version of Firefox
What is the best way to go back a version of Firefox on Ubuntu server. This is a server without a GUI so command line is the only thing that can be used.
Also once you install that old version how do ...
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Downgrading from buggy nvidia 470 to older 460 not possible (transitional package)
There have been some upgrades of kernel and/or NVIDIA packages on my laptop (Ubuntu 20.04, the normal upgrade popups that occur from time to time). After a reboot I now get a blank screen and this ...
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Ubuntu 18.04, downgrading gcc from 8.4 to 8.3
I am in the position of using some slightly out of date build tools that refuse to work with gcc 8.4; the latest they recognize is gcc 8.3. I am using Ubuntu 18.04, and when I run apt list gcc-8 --all-...
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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 to remove all packages installed which are not in the repositories and install the current repositories' equivalents
I mistakenly switched my repositories to Zesty's and upgraded all the packages. Now that I reverted to Yakkety, is there a way I can make apt uninstall all Zesty's packages and reinstall Yakkety's ...
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making rgedit work in downgraded gedit (3.10.4) with ubuntu 16.04
I successfully downgraded to gedit 3.10.4 so that I could continue to use the rgedit plugin. While gedit appears to open and the rgedit menu appears, the rgedit buttons are not added to the toolbar ...
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Got 2 user folders in /home after reinstall | But only one user
So, a few months ago, I downgraded form 15.10 to 14.04 by re-installing ubuntu, (Saved everything in /home, just re-mounted it), but in my haste, I accedently changed user name.
No biggie, except now ...
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Downgrading GDB from 7.7.1 to 6.8 in Ubuntu 14.04
I currently have GDB version 7.7.1 installed on my system. However, for the combination of Eclipse and a software package called openFOAM (version 2.3.1) I need to downgrade the GDB version to 6.8 in ...
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How to downgrade mono from 6.x to 5.x or 4.x?
After upgrading Ubuntu 18.04 to 22.04 (passing through 20.04) an old web application with an ASMX web service (so with Mono ) won't work anymore.
I tried a lot of things , but neither works.
Mono ...
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Ubuntu downgrade on encrypted drive
On my laptop I have dualboot with win10. Win10 partition is encrypted with Bitlocker and Ubuntu partition is installed on encrypted LUKS partition (boot is not encrypted, home and other folders are in ...
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Install kernel 5.11.0 in Ubuntu 22.04
I am developing a software that use a driver that require Linux kernel 5.11.0 at most.
Currently I am using Ubuntu 22.04 with kernel 5.15.0-48.54-generic.
Can I install Linux kernel 5.11.0?
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Downgrade from kernel 5.15.0 to 5.8
What are the steps to downgrade an Ubuntu VM with OS 20.04 kernel 5.15 to Ubuntu OS 20.04 kernel 5.04?
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How to Downgrade Graphics Drivers on Ubuntu Mate 18.04
I have an old 32bit(i386) machine with those Intel Pentium P6100*2 CPU's and integrated HD graphics (it's of great sentimental value). It's internal display is fried so it's hooked to a TV monitor via ...
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Kernel 5.8 crash on ubuntu 20.04 and ubuntu 20.10
I have had problems with the system after installing ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10, both freeze and do not let me operate, desktop, mouse ... frozen completely.
I have downgraded both systems to kernel 5.4 ...
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Cannot downgrade nvidia-driver-440 to nvidia-driver-430 on Ubuntu 18.04
I am using Ubuntu 18.04.2 and I updated the nvidia driver to 440 using sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440.
Unfortunately, after this update, the performance that I obtain using the NVIDIA Optical ...
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Virtualbox not starting after downgrading kernel on my laptop
I was having graphics issues with my laptop on Xubuntu 18.04LTS with kernel 4.15.0-58-generic, so i downgraded to 3.19.0-59-generic. That fixed the graphics issues, but now virtualbox won't start ...
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How to downgrade poppler-utils version from 0.74 to 0.62 in ubuntu 18?
I installed poppler-utils on ubuntu 18 using the following command:
apt-get install poppler-utils
It automatically installed version 0.74.0. I want to downgrade it to 0.62.0. I've already followed ...
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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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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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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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How do I downgrade octave package or install from source?
I installed octave using:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:octave/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install octave
However, I need an older version of octave (older than 3.4.0) so I tried to first ...
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How do I downgrade an app on Ubuntu Phone?
I found this existing question: Downgrade camera app, but it is not answered.
Specifically, I would like to downgrade the dialer/phone app, as it is not currently working due to this bug.
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Is it possible to downgrade Unity3D v.5.5 to e.g. 5.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I can't sign into Unity3D v.5.5 (downloaded here) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. It constantly says that the service isn't available. I tried re-installing Unity3D v.5.5, but it didn't help.
I went through ...
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Downgrade of mysql 5.6 to 5.5
Hello i have mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.31, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper. I need to downgrade it for mysql 5.5. What are the procedures necessary for this operation. My O.S ...
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Audio problem after downgrading xenial-proposed
I hade xenial-proposed updates activated and I started to have some troubles with evince. I deactivated the -proposed updates and I just followed the instructions of
How can I revert back from an ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 very laggy (because of AMD?) possible to downgrade?
Sorry I am a complete beginner to this. I was having a lot of problems with windows 10 so I decided to give linux a go.
I downloaded Ubuntu 14, and ran it as a trial. It worked very well, very ...
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Full downgrade from 14.04.3 lts-vivid stack to standard 14.04 lts stack
the issue is well represented by the title. How can I completely revert the 14.04.3 lts-vivid stack (3.19 kernel + updated graphics stack) to the standard 14.04.0/1 trusty stack? I know that the most ...
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How to downgrade svn working copy with svn version?
I have downgrade my svn from version 1.8 to 1.7.9. Now When i type command like:
svn info
svn up
or any other commands it give an error that:
svn: E155021: This client is too old to work with the ...
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Downgrading hostapd didn't help!
I was searching through the forums to find a solution for the ap-hotspot error - the one that hangs at Starting wireless hotspot... By now I've tried several solutions including downgrading hostapd ...
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how to downgrade related packages together?
Related Question : downgrade a package
The situation is a bit different, I have a group of packages say aaa-*.deb which was involved in the down grade. obviously I don't want to deal with them one ...
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How do I downgrade php5.5.3 to 5.4?
I am trying to downgrade php from 5.5.3 to 5.4.
I tried to find a 5.4 version using
aptitude versions php5-common
Package php5-common:
p A 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2 saucy ...
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Is there a way to install a package available in Ubuntu Karmic on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin?
I want to install gfortran-4.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin). But the only versions available in repositories are 4.4.7, 4.5 and 4.6.
However gfortran-4.4.1 can be easily installed via apt-get ...
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Install unity 7.1.2 in ubuntu 12.04, is possible?
I have upgraded Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10. I like very more the default unity interface. The command unity --version return unity 7.1.2.
The problem in Ubuntu 13.10 is than I give errors on installation ...
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How to downgrade the Thunderbird
I am using Thunderbird 24.2.0 and Ubuntu 13.10.
I want to downgrade to the Thunderbird Version 17.0.11esr.
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/organizations/all-esr.html
How can I do this?
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how to remove postgres 9.3 and install 9.2
I want to install postgres 9.2 and remove 9.3 on ubuntu 13.04 , since I want to install a software and they recommand postgress 9.2, thank you
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How to reset the channels and get back to the stable release
I am unable to update, and add repos. I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.10, but it now says I am using the developmental trusty channels, and I need some advice on how to reset the channels and get back to the ...
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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 VLC 2.0.1 to 1.1.x?
I haven't added any VLC PPA's and I have no clue how to solve this problem.
If it's not possible to downgrade VLC, Running VLC in a portable mode is sufficient for me. I need the older version only ...
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ubuntu pro: Downgrade from paid to free
I've retired and would like to downgrade my ubuntu pro from paid to free. I have one server on a subscription. What is the right way to do this? I don't see an obvious path in the ubuntu pro menu ...
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Firefox won't start after updating. How to restore the previous version without losing profile data?
Firefox won't start after updating to version 123.0.
At the same time, no errors will appear, and there is also no specific crash report that would help understand the reason.
How to restore the ...
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I need downgrade the kernel
I am currently using Ubuntu version 22.04.03LTS, and the kernel is 6.2.0-32-generic.
I need to downgrade to version 5.15.0-41-generic but I can't get it to work.
Can you help me to solve the problem?
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How to downgrade glibc version on Ubuntu 20.04 6
Right now, we have upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 6 version having glibc version as 2.31.
However, there are some packages which requires native packages. For example, icu is dependent upon icu-native which ...
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desktop environment(GUI) not working after downgrading libatk-bridge-dev
For installing a software I downgraded libatk-bridge-dev. After suspension of the session, when I tried to log into my ubuntu 20.04, the login box kept flickering. After restarting my system, there ...
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Downgraded 22.04 -> 20.04, Ubuntu won't save user settings
I had a working AMD64 based Ubuntu computer w/ 22.04. I had /home on a separate drive (from OS). I downgraded 22.04 -> 20.04. (Erase 22.04 and install 20.04, not a downgrade in place - a ...
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Downgrade Kernel 5.19 to 5.15
I'm having issues with my GPU on my laptop after installing ubuntu 22.10 with the 5.19 kernel ("VM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00140051"). My Lapotp freezes after a while and I'm also not ...
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Downgraded Kernel in Ubuntu 20.04 to 5.4, ubuntu will not boot now
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-downgrade-the-kernel-on-ubuntu-20-04-to-the-5-4-lts-version/26459
^ Following that thread, I downgraded kernel to version 5.4, as something I was working on ...
