How to Downgrade Packages on Ubuntu | Linux Today

How to Downgrade Packages on Ubuntu

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Karim Buzdar
Jul 24, 2019

In this article, we will see how to downgrade the installed packages on Ubuntu. There are two different ways to downgrade an installed package to its earlier version: using Synaptic Package Manager and using the Terminal. We will see how to use both of these ways.

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Karim Buzdar

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