downgrade from kde 4.5.85(4.6 beta 2) back to 4.5.1 possible?

[DarkDante]

ok!well yet again i need your help kubuntu fellas!
well wikipedia reports that kde 4.5.4 is the latest stable kde release so i wanted to install it! i entered the following in terminal:


$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install dist-upgrade

like the link here says : http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-454

the thing is that the last command (sudo apt-get install dist-upgrade) upgraded me to 4.6 beta 2(oohhpss!! )
so is it possible to revert back to 4.5.1 or even 4.5.4 Because 4.6 beta 2 is still too beta for me.
Thanks in advance!

[Snowhog]

Re: downgrade from kde 4.5.85(4.6 beta 2) back to 4.5.1 possible?

Take a look at the package ppa-purge. It's in the respositories.

PPA-PURGE:
ppa-purge will reset all packages from a PPA to the standard versions released for your distribution. So basically its like a way to restore your system back to the way it was before you installed packages from a PPA.

[wizard10000]

Re: downgrade from kde 4.5.85(4.6 beta 2) back to 4.5.1 possible?

I've had mixed results with ppa-purge but it's certainly better than reinstalling - at least most of the time

Interesting it's in universe now - I think I originally got it from kubuntu-ppa or x-swat.

[DarkDante]

Re: downgrade from kde 4.5.85(4.6 beta 2) back to 4.5.1 possible?

i installed ppa-purge but didn't work correctly
now when i type my password and press anter the kde splash starts to show,then the screen goes black and i am taken back to the login prompt.......from console login same things happen when i login and execute startx