#1 2017-01-24 02:21:06

billy.wade

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Horrible Mistake in Updating to Stretch

Hey all,

I made a mistake in installing testing. I wanted to avoid the hassle of trying to build the package I needed that was in Testing, and I didn't realize what I had unleashed. Now, after removing the repo, half the packages are broken.

How can I downgrade back to Jessie?

Thanks,
billy.wade

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Re: Horrible Mistake in Updating to Stretch

The usual advice is that by far the easiest way is to back up your data, and reinstall

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Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Horrible Mistake in Updating to Stretch

How can I downgrade back to Jessie?

You can't.

There is this method but it's not intended for the stable release and I certainly wouldn't "trust" the system afterwards:

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi … owngrading

Slightly OT: can we take a testimonial of your experience and post it as a warning to other users?

8o

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-01-24 07:46:46)

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Steve

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Re: Horrible Mistake in Updating to Stretch

Invaluable resource is located right here >> Dont Break Debian

stevep

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Re: Horrible Mistake in Updating to Stretch

If you let us know the package, I could hazard a guess as to the feasibilty of backporting it.

Also, some applications have appimages or flatpacks now, which (while bloated) allow for otherwise difficult new releases to "just run" on an older release.  An example is Krita 3.1's appimage, which otherwise would require a backport of KDE 5.