Friday, October 28, 2022

[SOLVED] How to restore to old version packages?

Issue

I updated package libwebkit2gtk-4.0 yesterday (2022-10-05) with command apt update, and it turns out to be a disaster. It breaks the application I develop that uses WebKitGTK as its back-end. Also, the new version libwebkit2gtk-4.0 outputs tons of run-time warning, so I consider it a buggy version. How can I get the old version back? Thanks.

My /etc/mx-version is

MX-19.4_ahs_x64 patito feo March 31, 2021

and /etc/debian_version is

10.13

Solution

In debian you can use the following path to downgrade:

apt policy MX

this will show you all the versions available in the repos and

apt install MX=<exact.version.package>

will install that specific version. You may also need to downgrade some dependencies in order to make it work.



Answered By - Claudiu T
Answer Checked By - Willingham (WPSolving Volunteer)