HOW TO: Revert installed packages to official release versions

[SteveRiley]

Ah. So your excessive time spent at Milliways isn't without it's benefits after all!

It's where all my best ideas originate

[doctordruidphd]

Yes, disable the Kubuntu PPAs for now. I'll add that to my instructions when I'm back at my PC.

As of now (14:00 PDT Oct 26th) there are still a handful of git packages in the kubuntu updates ppa. So it probably should remain disabled until this is resolved.

[SteveRiley]

Yes, disable the Kubuntu PPAs for now. I'll add that to my instructions when I'm back at my PC.

Added a step for disabling the Kubuntu PPAs, at least for now.

[GreyGeek]

mmmm.... If I read the following right it doesn't look like my KDE 4.11.2 has been orphaned ... yet...

$ apt-cache policy kde-workspace
kde-workspace:
  Installed: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1
  Candidate: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.11.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1~ppa3 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.11.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1~ubuntu12.04~ppa2 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
$

[claydoh]

mmmm.... If I read the following right I'd be reversing my recent upgrade to KDE 4.11.2 back to KDE 4.8.5

$ apt-cache policy kde-workspace
kde-workspace:
  Installed: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1
  Candidate: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.11.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1~ppa3 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.11.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04~ppa1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.10.5-0ubuntu0.1~ubuntu12.04~ppa2 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
     4:4.8.2a-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
$

I think this issue was for Saucy users, not Precise?
I don't recall the git daily builds were done for 12.04, though the KDE 4.111.2 stuff seems to no longer be there (hopefully temporarily). I wouldn't try using this fix, Greygeek, at least not without more input. You don't seem to have any offending git daily-build stuff installed.

[doctordruidphd]

Are you running 13.10? I did the "degrade", and here is what I have:

greenman@Wolfenstein:~$ apt-cache policy kde-workspace
kde-workspace:
  Installed: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Edit: yes, I see you are running Precise. There is no problem with the kubuntu repositories there.

[geoaraujo]

I was just wondering when we'll be able to enable those ppas again...

[doctordruidphd]

As of right now (All Hallows Eve / Samhain) there are still a handful of git packages in there, and nothing else. So now would not be a good time.

[marco07]

marco@DX200:~$ apt-cache policy kde-workspace
kde-workspace:
Installed: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
marco@DX200:~$

Thus, it seems my system should be OK.
Thanks!

[doctordruidphd]

However:

greenman@Wolfenstein:/etc/apt$ apt-cache policy kate
kate:
  Installed: 4:4.11.2a-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4:4.11.2a+git20131023+bzr2699+pkg147~ubuntu13.10.1
  Version table:
     4:4.11.2a+git20131023+bzr2699+pkg147~ubuntu13.10.1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
 *** 4:4.11.2a-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Same deal with: kate kate-data katepart kwrite libkateinterfaces4 libkatepartinterfaces4

[SteveRiley]

However... kate kate-data katepart kwrite libkateinterfaces4 libkatepartinterfaces4

Yeah, seems that kate and its hangers-on still haven't been removed: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+...s_filter=saucy



You need to comment out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-ppa-release.list and run apt-get update to remove those leftovers from your local package cache.

[marco07]

marco@Lenovo:~$ apt-cache policy kate
kate:
Installed: 4:4.11.2a-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 4:4.11.2a-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 4:4.11.2a-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I am on my other desktop and just out of criusity tried for kate. Again seems the system should be OK.

[doctordruidphd]

You have the kubuntu ppa disabled, right?

I am showing the git packages already mentioned still in the kubuntu ppa.
Until they are pulled, it is probably a good idea not to re-enable it (unless you want the git stuff).

[marco07]

You have the kubuntu ppa disabled, right?

That is right.

[geoaraujo]

I'm sorry if I'm being redundant but I've always had kubuntu-ppa and kubuntu-ppa/backports enabled and never had a problem, except for some now and then not-so-stable packages. But as I recall this thread was started because kubuntu-ppa had git stuff that were orphan packages. But then, it got the 4.11.3 update and now it has git stuff again. Are those git packages orphan as well? I thought we were disabling the ppa because it had orphan packages that would never be update, and the our systems would be in some kind of limbo. But now it got the update. So if we enable it again, we'll get the 4.11.3, then the git stuff and later the 4.11.4? Is this how it works?