Re: discover and install specific package version
Eric Barault composed on 2018-11-19 22:22 (UTC+0100): > have you tried this version? It worked for me on top of debian stretch-slim: > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180701T205743Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb I hadn't, but it's now installed and working. Thank you very much! -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: discover and install specific package version
have you tried this version? It worked for me on top of debian stretch-slim: https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180701T205743Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb
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have you tried this version? It worked for me on top of debian stretch-slim: https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180701T205743Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb
Re: discover and install specific package version
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 08:53:19AM +0100, john doe wrote:
> Using Bash you could use functions or aliases:
>
> search_pkg() { aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns ${1}; }
You probably want "$@" there (with quotes) instead of $1.
Re: discover and install specific package version
Hi. On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 06:12:12AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Reco composed on 2018-11-17 13:45 (UTC+0300): > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 05:36:25AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> I knew 52.9 was released upstream in June, so I kept trying June archive > >> dates > >> and stopped when I found one containing 52.9. Upstream release bz2 that I > >> previously wgeted turned out to be dated 25 June. > > > The problem is - version 52.6.0 haven't made it into the "main" that date. > > They uploaded it into the "updates/main". Yes, these are different. > > Hence the suggestion to use a later date. > > > I believe I have a way to simplify things here: > > > cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > > wget > > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > > > apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > > > Note that this syntax of "apt install" does more than "dpkg -i stuff", > > dependency resolution in particular. > > # apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > ... > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > firefox-esr : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27) but 2.24-11+deb9u3 is to be installed That's buster's firefox. You won't be able to install this package without turning your installation to testing. I suggest you to try a more recent date. Reco
Re: discover and install specific package version
Reco composed on 2018-11-17 13:45 (UTC+0300): > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 05:36:25AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> I knew 52.9 was released upstream in June, so I kept trying June archive >> dates >> and stopped when I found one containing 52.9. Upstream release bz2 that I >> previously wgeted turned out to be dated 25 June. > The problem is - version 52.6.0 haven't made it into the "main" that date. > They uploaded it into the "updates/main". Yes, these are different. > Hence the suggestion to use a later date. > I believe I have a way to simplify things here: > cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ > wget > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > Note that this syntax of "apt install" does more than "dpkg -i stuff", > dependency resolution in particular. # apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb ... The following packages have unmet dependencies: firefox-esr : Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27) but 2.24-11+deb9u3 is to be installed Depends: libevent-2.1-6 (>= 2.1.8-stable) but it is not installable Depends: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6) but 2.11.0-6.7+b1 is to be installed Depends: libhunspell-1.6-0 but it is not installable Depends: libnss3 (>= 2:3.28) but 2:3.26.2-1.1+deb9u1 is to be installed Depends: libvpx5 (>= 1.6.0) but it is not installable Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.11.dfsg) but 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Note I was able to apt install, and still have, 52.6, and still want 52.9. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: discover and install specific package version
Hi. On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 05:36:25AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > 2-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ apparently has > what I want for Stretch, > esr52.9 by whatever name (Firefox-ESR or IceWeasel). How can I get the > cmdline package management > system (apt-???) to tell me which I can choose from other than installed > and latest? Searches tried > (e.g. apt-show-versions; apt list -a; apt-cache madison) only show 45.x > (installed) and 60.3 > (available). > > >>> apt install firefox-esr=52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 > > >>> But, if you want this to work, the appropriate version of firefox-esr > >>> must be found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list. > >>> And it seems that they deleted that particular version from everywhere > >>> including [1]. > > >>> [1] https://snapshot.debian.org > > >> https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > >> exists > > >> No errors produced by apt update with the following in sources.list: > >> deb https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/ stretch > >> main > > > That snapshot of a main archive has firefox-esr version 52.6.0esr-1~deb9u1. > > Have you tried another date? > > I knew 52.9 was released upstream in June, so I kept trying June archive dates > and stopped when I found one containing 52.9. Upstream release bz2 that I > previously wgeted turned out to be dated 25 June. The problem is - version 52.6.0 haven't made it into the "main" that date. They uploaded it into the "updates/main". Yes, these are different. Hence the suggestion to use a later date. I believe I have a way to simplify things here: cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ wget https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb apt install ./firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb Note that this syntax of "apt install" does more than "dpkg -i stuff", dependency resolution in particular. Reco
Re: discover and install specific package version
Reco composed on 2018-11-17 11:14 (UTC+0300): > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 02:35:57AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Reco composed on 2018-11-17 09:53 (UTC+0300): >>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:52:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: Web searches have not been helpful for these: 1-Which of apt* returns version numbers along with package names, one line per result, when searching? (in openSUSE, versions are returned by zypper search via the -s switch (one line per package)) >>> aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns >> Surely there must be something simpler to be able to remember and type. :-p > You requested a greppable output. That's how they do things here ☺ Grepable was not necessary, simply used to cut 45.9, 52.8, 60.3 and l10n from the output. >> aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns firefox-esr | grep 52. returns >> only one item: >> firefox-esr-dev 52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 >> ??? > As I wrote earlier, "the appropriate version of firefox-esr must be > found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list". It's > the same for me. https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ is part of sources.list. firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_arm64.deb is present there. ??? 2-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ apparently has what I want for Stretch, esr52.9 by whatever name (Firefox-ESR or IceWeasel). How can I get the cmdline package management system (apt-???) to tell me which I can choose from other than installed and latest? Searches tried (e.g. apt-show-versions; apt list -a; apt-cache madison) only show 45.x (installed) and 60.3 (available). >>> apt install firefox-esr=52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 >>> But, if you want this to work, the appropriate version of firefox-esr >>> must be found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list. >>> And it seems that they deleted that particular version from everywhere >>> including [1]. >>> [1] https://snapshot.debian.org >> https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb >> exists >> No errors produced by apt update with the following in sources.list: >> deb https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/ stretch main > That snapshot of a main archive has firefox-esr version 52.6.0esr-1~deb9u1. > Have you tried another date? I knew 52.9 was released upstream in June, so I kept trying June archive dates and stopped when I found one containing 52.9. Upstream release bz2 that I previously wgeted turned out to be dated 25 June. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: discover and install specific package version
songbird composed on 2018-11-17 03:55 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: > ... > was this version ever downloaded to begin with? Not "to begin with". > if so it may still be in the cache... > check /var/cache/apt/archives It's there because I put it there with wget, but that hasn't helped anything. I tried using dpkg to install, but that fails due to a bunch of missing deps. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: discover and install specific package version
Felix Miata wrote: ... was this version ever downloaded to begin with? if so it may still be in the cache... check /var/cache/apt/archives songbird
Re: discover and install specific package version
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 02:35:57AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Reco composed on 2018-11-17 09:53 (UTC+0300): > > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:52:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > >> Web searches have not been helpful for these: > > >> 1-Which of apt* returns version numbers along with package names, one line > >> per result, when > >> searching? (in openSUSE, versions are returned by zypper search via the -s > >> switch (one line per > >> package)) > > > aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns > > Surely there must be something simpler to be able to remember and type. :-p You requested a greppable output. That's how they do things here ☺ > aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns firefox-esr | grep 52. returns > only one item: > firefox-esr-dev 52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 > ??? As I wrote earlier, "the appropriate version of firefox-esr must be found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list". It's the same for me. > >> 2-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ apparently has > >> what I want for Stretch, > >> esr52.9 by whatever name (Firefox-ESR or IceWeasel). How can I get the > >> cmdline package management > >> system (apt-???) to tell me which I can choose from other than installed > >> and latest? Searches tried > >> (e.g. apt-show-versions; apt list -a; apt-cache madison) only show 45.x > >> (installed) and 60.3 > >> (available). > > > apt install firefox-esr=52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 > > > But, if you want this to work, the appropriate version of firefox-esr > > must be found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list. > > And it seems that they deleted that particular version from everywhere > > including [1]. > > > [1] https://snapshot.debian.org > > https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb > exists > > No errors produced by apt update with the following in sources.list: > deb https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/ stretch main That snapshot of a main archive has firefox-esr version 52.6.0esr-1~deb9u1. Have you tried another date? Reco
Re: discover and install specific package version
On 11/17/2018 8:35 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Reco composed on 2018-11-17 09:53 (UTC+0300):
>
>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:52:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
>
>>> Web searches have not been helpful for these:
>
>>> 1-Which of apt* returns version numbers along with package names, one line
>>> per result, when
>>> searching? (in openSUSE, versions are returned by zypper search via the -s
>>> switch (one line per
>>> package))
>
>> aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns
>
> Surely there must be something simpler to be able to remember and type. :-p
>
Using Bash you could use functions or aliases:
search_pkg() { aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns ${1}; }
$ search_pkg
alias spkg="aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns"
$ spkg
--
John Doe
Re: discover and install specific package version
Reco composed on 2018-11-17 09:53 (UTC+0300): > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:52:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Web searches have not been helpful for these: >> 1-Which of apt* returns version numbers along with package names, one line >> per result, when >> searching? (in openSUSE, versions are returned by zypper search via the -s >> switch (one line per >> package)) > aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns Surely there must be something simpler to be able to remember and type. :-p aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns firefox-esr | grep 52. returns only one item: firefox-esr-dev 52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 ??? >> 2-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ apparently has what >> I want for Stretch, >> esr52.9 by whatever name (Firefox-ESR or IceWeasel). How can I get the >> cmdline package management >> system (apt-???) to tell me which I can choose from other than installed and >> latest? Searches tried >> (e.g. apt-show-versions; apt list -a; apt-cache madison) only show 45.x >> (installed) and 60.3 >> (available). > apt install firefox-esr=52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 > But, if you want this to work, the appropriate version of firefox-esr > must be found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list. > And it seems that they deleted that particular version from everywhere > including [1]. > [1] https://snapshot.debian.org https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/firefox-esr_52.9.0esr-1_amd64.deb exists No errors produced by apt update with the following in sources.list: deb https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20180630T203831Z/ stretch main Yet, apt claims it cannot find: apt install firefox-esr=52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 E: Version '52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1' for 'firefox-esr' was not found. :-( -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Re: discover and install specific package version
Hi. On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:52:14AM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Web searches have not been helpful for these: > > 1-Which of apt* returns version numbers along with package names, one line > per result, when > searching? (in openSUSE, versions are returned by zypper search via the -s > switch (one line per > package)) aptitude search -F '%p %V' --disable-columns > 2-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ apparently has what I > want for Stretch, > esr52.9 by whatever name (Firefox-ESR or IceWeasel). How can I get the > cmdline package management > system (apt-???) to tell me which I can choose from other than installed and > latest? Searches tried > (e.g. apt-show-versions; apt list -a; apt-cache madison) only show 45.x > (installed) and 60.3 > (available). apt install firefox-esr=52.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 But, if you want this to work, the appropriate version of firefox-esr must be found in some repository that's listed in /etc/apt/sources.list. And it seems that they deleted that particular version from everywhere including [1]. Reco [1] https://snapshot.debian.org
discover and install specific package version
Web searches have not been helpful for these: 1-Which of apt* returns version numbers along with package names, one line per result, when searching? (in openSUSE, versions are returned by zypper search via the -s switch (one line per package)) 2-http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/firefox-esr/ apparently has what I want for Stretch, esr52.9 by whatever name (Firefox-ESR or IceWeasel). How can I get the cmdline package management system (apt-???) to tell me which I can choose from other than installed and latest? Searches tried (e.g. apt-show-versions; apt list -a; apt-cache madison) only show 45.x (installed) and 60.3 (available). -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
