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How do I revert to an alternate version of a package on Ubuntu?

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Mar 15, 202610350 views
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I upgraded to an alpha version of a package in a PPA and would now like to revert back to the official version in the Ubuntu universe. What steps do I need to take? Edit: The question originally read "How do I revert to a previous version of a package on Ubuntu?". I've changed it to more accurately…

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Christian's solution works fine when you want to get rid of the PPA. I found another way to do this that leaves the PPA versions available as options for the future. Use apt-cache showpkg to list the candidate versions available: sudo apt-cache show…

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