[Trisquel-users] Downgrade installed software to the versions available remotely?

2014-01-21 Thread onpon4
A few months ago, I tried to use the GNU PPA,[1] but found that it broke my packages, so I removed it. Just today, I found that I actually have software updated from that repository still causing breakage. In this case, it's libidn11; the newer version being installed is stopping me from

Re: [Trisquel-users] Downgrade installed software to the versions available remotely?

2014-01-21 Thread George Standish
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 03:01:04PM +0100, onp...@riseup.net wrote: A few months ago, I tried to use the GNU PPA,[1] but found that it I don't trust PPAs. broke my packages, so I removed it. You didn't use ppa-purge, which is commonly used in ubuntu, don't know about trisquel. Just today,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Downgrade installed software to the versions available remotely?

2014-01-21 Thread onpon4
I don't trust PPAs normally, but this one was linked to by the GNU Project website.[1] ZykoticK9 said: IF, ppa-purge is available - you could re-add the PPA then remove it using ppa-purge, to get back all packages to the default repos version. Thanks! That's just what I needed. Worked