{"id":6870,"date":"2017-06-14T12:02:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2017-06-14T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T12:02:38","slug":"downgrade-a-package-in-ubuntu-via-synaptic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/06\/downgrade-a-package-in-ubuntu-via-synaptic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Downgrade An Installed Package in Ubuntu via Synaptic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"synaptic\"<\/p>\n

For some reason, you may want to downgrade an installed application to an old version in Ubuntu. <\/p>\n

Usually, you can easily restore a package to its stock (initial) version available in Ubuntu universe repository. Or, you can restore to a specific software version if you added a third-party repository that contains the version of that package.<\/p>\n

By following below steps, you can easily switch between software versions via Synaptic package manager.<\/p>\n

1.<\/b> Install Synaptic<\/b> package manager via Ubuntu Software app:<\/p>\n

\"Install<\/p>\n

2.<\/b> Launch Synaptic package manager and input your user password when prompts since it requires root user privilege:<\/p>\n

\"launch<\/p>\n

3.<\/b> Search for and then highlight<\/b> the software you want to downgrade, then go to menu Package -> Force Version…<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/b> The next dialog allows you to choose among all available software versions. <\/p>\n

\"select<\/a><\/p>\n

Select the version as you want, click ‘Force Version’ and confirm by clicking Mark<\/b> button in next dialog. <\/p>\n

Finally click the Apply<\/b> button to apply changes.<\/p>\n

Tip:<\/b> After downgraded the software, you may also want to lock the software version by highlighting it in Synaptic then go to menu Package -> Lock Version<\/b>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some reason, you may want to downgrade an installed application to an old version in Ubuntu. Usually, you can easily restore a package to its stock (initial) version available in Ubuntu universe repository. Or, you can restore to a specific software version if you added a third-party repository that contains the version of that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1459,314],"class_list":["post-6870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-downgrade-software","tag-synaptic"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}