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Downgrading packages in APT-based distros
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How to downgrade a package in APT-based distros

  1. Check latest package upgrades in /var/log/dpkg.log:

    cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep -i upgrade

    which should output something like this:

    2023-02-02 08:48:31 upgrade docker-ce-cli:amd64 5:20.10.23~3-0~debian-bullseye 5:23.0.0-1~debian.11~bullseye
2023-02-02 08:48:32 upgrade docker-ce:amd64 5:20.10.23~3-0~debian-bullseye 5:23.0.0-1~debian.11~bullseye
2023-02-02 08:48:34 upgrade docker-ce-rootless-extras:amd64 5:20.10.23~3-0~debian-bullseye 5:23.0.0-1~debian.11~bullseye

  2. Then, to downgrade, say, the docker-ce-cli package back to its previous version, run apt install and specify the older version:

    sudo apt install docker-ce-cli:amd64=5:20.10.23~3-0~debian-bullseye

    which should indicate that you're attempting to revert the package. Follow instructions and that's it!

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