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how to degrade packages

Post by David Hockin » Mon, 07 Feb 2000 04:00:00



I'm running debian slink with a 2.2.14 kernel on a DEC Multia.

I've installed some unstable packages, but would like to remove them.

How do i go back to earlier versions. When i try to remove new packages
(like libc6.1) it won't let me due to dependency problems.

I urgently need some help.

Thanks in advance,
David Hocking.

 
 
 
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how to degrade packages

Post by Paul Kimo » Mon, 07 Feb 2000 04:00:00



> I'm running debian slink with a 2.2.14 kernel on a DEC Multia.

> I've installed some unstable packages, but would like to remove them.

> How do i go back to earlier versions. When i try to remove new packages
> (like libc6.1) it won't let me due to dependency problems.

I presume that you are trying to do (the equivalent of) "dpkg --install
libc6_2.0.[something].deb".  You need to find out which packages installed
on your system require the later libc6 package (is dpkg already telling
you?).  You should then either remove them or replace them with older,
libc_2.0.*-compatible packages.  You can install many packages at once by
running "dpkg --install some_package.deb other_package.deb
yet_another_package.deb".

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