sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>
or
sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install <package-name>

sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>

or

sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install <package-name>

or

sudo aptitude install «pkg»=«version»

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:11 PM Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

i hope this is the right place. IT's been so long I can't remember...if it's not the place, please don't shot me REx.

anyway I want downgrade my libreoffice to 7.4.5.5

can't find anything online. Does anyone out there know the command line for this?

thanks, charles

«pkg»=«version»

thanks, Devi do I have to purge 7.5 first?
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM Devi Garcia < asphyxiated.god@gmail.com > wrote:
sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>

thanks, Devi do I have to purge 7.5 first?

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:

sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>

or

sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install <package-name>

or

sudo aptitude install «pkg»=«version»

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:11 PM Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

i hope this is the right place. IT's been so long I can't remember...if it's not the place, please don't shot me REx.

anyway I want downgrade my libreoffice to 7.4.5.5

can't find anything online. Does anyone out there know the command line for this?

thanks, charles

On Aug 11, 2023, at 3:18 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

thanks, Devi do I have to purge 7.5 first?

On Aug 11, 2023, at 3:18 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

sudo aptitude install «pkg»=«version»

i hope this is the right place. IT's been so long I can't remember...if it's not the place, please don't shot me REx.
anyway I want downgrade my libreoffice to 7.4.5.5
can't find anything online. Does anyone out there know the command line for this?

i hope this is the right place. IT's been so long I can't remember...if it's not the place, please don't shot me REx.

anyway I want downgrade my libreoffice to 7.4.5.5

can't find anything online. Does anyone out there know the command line for this?

thanks, charles

Yep
On Aug 11, 2023, at 3:18 PM, Charles Breaux < chazbreaux@gmail.com > wrote:


Yep

On Aug 11, 2023, at 3:18 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:



thanks, Devi do I have to purge 7.5 first?

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:

sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>

or

sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install <package-name>

or

sudo aptitude install «pkg»=«version»

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:11 PM Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

i hope this is the right place. IT's been so long I can't remember...if it's not the place, please don't shot me REx.

anyway I want downgrade my libreoffice to 7.4.5.5

can't find anything online. Does anyone out there know the command line for this?

thanks, charles

On Aug 13, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

Will someone please tell me how to write these commands, here is what I want to install, i do not know how to interpret the linux short hand i these commands. Or, how to install the deb.tar.gz Everything i find online is very confusing. The file is on my desktop. I've spent 4 days trying to figure this out...thanks

On Aug 13, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

 Sudo apt-get install LibreOffice=7.4.7.2
really wasn’t that hard to decipher… Debs and manual installs which your trying to to go about it are way harder.. 
sudo apt install ./LibreOffice_7.4.7.2_Linux_x86-64.deb

 Sudo apt-get install LibreOffice=7.4.7.2

really wasn’t that hard to decipher… Debs and manual installs which your trying to to go about it are way harder.. 

sudo apt install ./LibreOffice_7.4.7.2_Linux_x86-64.deb

Once you extract it

On Aug 13, 2023, at 1:22 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:



Will someone please tell me how to write these commands, here is what I want to install, i do not know how to interpret the linux short hand i these commands. Or, how to install the deb.tar.gz Everything i find online is very confusing. The file is on my desktop. I've spent 4 days trying to figure this out...thanks

LibreOffice_7.4.7.2_Linux_x86-64_deb.tar.gz

sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>

sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install <package-name>

sudo aptitude install «pkg»=«version»

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:21 PM Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:

Yep

On Aug 11, 2023, at 3:18 PM, Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:



thanks, Devi do I have to purge 7.5 first?

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM Devi Garcia <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com> wrote:

sudo apt-get install <package-name>=<package-version-number>

or

sudo apt-get -t=<target release> install <package-name>

or

sudo aptitude install «pkg»=«version»

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 10:11 PM Charles Breaux <chazbreaux@gmail.com> wrote:

i hope this is the right place. IT's been so long I can't remember...if it's not the place, please don't shot me REx.

anyway I want downgrade my libreoffice to 7.4.5.5

can't find anything online. Does anyone out there know the command line for this?

thanks, charles