HOWTO: Downgrade Package

[johnathanamber]

Hello everyone!

So i've found this article on how to downgrade a package to an earlier version:
http://www.skorks.com/2009/07/downgr...buntu-package/

I've updated libgtk2.0-0 to a later version (2.19.7-polslinux2). And now I am having issue with my mouse. "Can not grab mouse" errors.

Here is my output when I try to downgrade to an earlier version of libgtk2.0-0:

$ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0=2.18.3-1ubuntu2.2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dvdrip-doc python-beaker libxml-sax-perl kdebase-runtime-data-common
libnautilus-burn4 python-mako libxml-sax-expat-perl libxine1-x lives-data
twolame libsox-fmt-base libgtk2-imageview-perl libknotificationitem1
kdelibs5 libsox-fmt-alsa libglademm-2.4-1c2a transcode-doc
gtk2-ex-formfactory-perl libx11-protocol-perl libxml-namespacesupport-perl
libhttp-server-simple-perl liblzma0 backintime-common libsoprano4
libevent-execflow-perl libextutils-depends-perl transcode-utils
kde-icons-oxygen libgnome2-gconf-perl libxml-simple-perl libqt4-gui
libwww-mechanize-perl libgtkimageview0 vamps gnome-web-photo
libxine1-console soprano-daemon fping sox cdrdao fuseiso libplasma3
libgnome2-wnck-perl kdelibs-bin libstreams0 liferea-data kdelibs5-data
libintl-perl libsox1a libxcb-shape0 libextutils-pkgconfig-perl
kdebase-runtime-data libhttp-response-encoding-perl libgoo-canvas-perl
libxine1-bin libgtk2-trayicon-perl libxine1-ffmpeg libstreamanalyzer0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
acetoneiso awn-applets-c-extras-trunk backintime-gnome dvd95 dvdauthor
dvdrip empathy empathy-megaphone-applet evolution evolution-couchdb
evolution-exchange evolution-indicator evolution-plugins f-spot gdm
gdm-guest-session gimp gnome-about gnome-applets gnome-color-chooser
gnome-orca gnome-panel gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-power-manager
gnome-session gnome-themes gnome-themes-more gnome-themes-selected
gnome-themes-ubuntu gnome-utils gtk2-engines-pixbuf handbrake-gtk
imagemagick indicator-applet indicator-applet-session indicator-messages
indicator-session k9copy kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4
khelpcenter4 libbonoboui2-0 libdvd0 libempathy-gtk28 libgail-common
libgail-gnome-module libgail18 libgnome-pilot2 libgnome2-canvas-perl
libgnome2-perl libgnome2.24-cil libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomepanel2.24-cil
libgnomeui-0 libgraphviz4 libgtkhtml-editor0 libgtkhtml2-0 libgtkhtml3.14-19
liblpint-bonobo0 libmagickcore2 libmagickwand2 libpanel-applet2-0
libwebkit-1.0-2 libxine1 libxine1-misc-plugins liferea lives mousetweaks
nautilus nautilus-share obex-data-server perlmagick phonon-backend-xine
python-empathy python-gnome2 python-gnomeapplet python-gnomecanvas
python-gtkhtml2 python-pyatspi python-webkit rhythmbox
rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder rhythmbox-plugins shrinkta shutter
software-center stardict-gnome stardict-plugin stardict-plugin-espeak
stardict-plugin-festival stardict-plugin-gucharmap subtitleripper
system-config-printer-gnome tomboy transcode ubuntu-desktop usb-creator-gtk
vinagre xine-ui xiphos
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
libgtk2.0-0
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 101 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2,553kB of archives.
After this operation, 278MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Of course I hit 'n'. Is there a way to downgrade this WITHOUT removing all of those packages that I regularly use?

I was able to follow the above link to downgrade the following without issue:
libgtk2.0-bin
libgtk2.0-common

Issue still persists.

Thank you and God bless,
Johanthan

[johnathanamber]

Ended up reinstalling.