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How do I downgrade Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 13.04

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I run Ubuntu 13.04 and I use Rhythmbox 2.98. This version is full of bugs and I would like to downgrade to 2.97 or older

How can I do this ?
Thanks

Here is my sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release amd64 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted



# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to

# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted



## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the

## distribution.

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted



## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any

## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe



## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 

## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 

## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 

## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu

## security team.

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse



## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as

## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.

## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review

## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb-src http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse



deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse



## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's

## 'partner' repository.

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the

## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.

# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner

# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner



## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party

## developers who want to ship their latest software.

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main

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answered 2 Years ago nsuainner · Accepted Answer

To downgrade any package, you must do two things:

Install the old deb file.

Forbid updating the package to newest versions from repositories.

If you have used the old version, maybe you can find the installed deb file in your /var/cache/apt/archives. If not, try searching the required version on packages.ubuntu.com or other sites. For example, you can try this package: 2.97-1ubuntu6.1.

Then, open file /etc/apt/preferences as root (create the file if it doesn't exist yet) and add the following lines:

Package: rhythmbox

Pin: version 2.97-1ubuntu6.1

Pin-Priority: 1001

(Replace 2.97-1ubuntu6.1 with the exact version you've installed.)

This will force apt-get, aptitude and all such utilities to keep Rhythmbox at this version even when repository has a newer one. If you need to install older versions of some other packages (e.g. rhythmbox-data or maybe some libraries), add similar three lines to the same file, with one line between «paragraphs». You can find some more information about /etc/apt/preferences syntax here.

UPDATE:

I would suggest you to install rhythmbox with all required packages at once with a single console command. I've just tried to do it now, so this is what you need:

Remove your currently installed Rhythmbox (if this is not possible due to other dependencies, you may try to skip this step and ignore some warnings later).

Download packages from quantal: rhythmbox_2.97-1ubuntu5, libmusicbrainz5-0, librhythmbox-core6, rhythmbox-data, gir1.2-rb-3.0. Put them all in a single directory.

Open terminal, cd to the directory and run sudo dpkg -i *.deb. This should install the old Rhythmbox.

After that, just look which updates do you have in Synaptic or elsewhere, and add those packages to /etc/apt/preferences as I've wrote above.