Fedora Installation :: How To Undo Package Updates
Sep 23, 2010
Two weeks ago I consumed all available FC13 updates. It was a terrible mistake. After that my my PC does not function properly and I have no clue how to fix it. I would like to get my PC in the previous (healthy) state. Is there an easy way to undo the updates? More than 60 packages were updated, but I do not remember which ones.
In the "software sources" windows under the "Updates" tab I have checked "Pre-released updates" and installed all the updates. I no longer want to track the proposed updates and have unchecked that item. Now am back to just security and recommended checked. How do i get it to downgrade the packages that it has modified when I had "Pre-released" checked? I want to get back on the stable "Recommended Updates". It seems to have changed what it looks at for updates but did not downgrade the packages.
If one accepts an update of a specific package via apt and decides the update isn't desired, what does one do? In other words, what is the most sensible and relatively easy way to rol-back to the previous version of that specific package without affecting anything else (dependencies aside of course).
when ever i try to install updates i get shown an error & the updates stop the error i get says "librpmio.so.0 is needed by package abrt-1.0.3-1.fc12.i686 (updates) librpm.so.0 is needed by package abrt-1.0.3-1.fc12.i686 (updates)"
I don't know whats happening. the second i open either the update manager, add or remove programs, or the package manager tehy close instantaneously and when i click the button for updates on the top bar of my computer it shows a picture of a minus sign in a red circle. hwo can i fix this. i have ubuntu 9.04 and im trying to upgrade it and get new programs but it wont let me. ive tried the sudo get updates etc etc
I am using Fedora 14 and I need to install the libudev-devel package, but the following error occurs: Error: Package: libudev-devel-161-8.fc14.i686 (updates) Requires: udev = 161-8.fc14 This is because the actual version I have installed is: udev-161-9.fc14.i686 (@updates-testing) How can I downgrade to the udev-161-8.fc14.i686 package?
More details: [root@localhost xxx]# yum install libudev-devel Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Adding en_GB to language list Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package libudev-devel.i686 0:161-8.fc14 set to be installed --> Processing Dependency: udev = 161-8.fc14 for package: libudev-devel-161-8.fc14.i686 --> Processing Dependency: libudev = 161-8.fc14 for package: libudev-devel-161-8.fc14.i686 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: libudev-devel-161-8.fc14.i686 (updates) Requires: udev = 161-8.fc14 Installed: udev-161-9.fc14.i686 (@updates-testing) udev = 161-9.fc14 Available: udev-161-4.fc14.i686 (fedora) udev = 161-4.fc14 Available: udev-161-8.fc14.i686 (updates) udev = 161-8.fc14 Error: Package: libudev-devel-161-8.fc14.i686 (updates) Requires: libudev = 161-8.fc14 Installed: libudev-161-9.fc14.i686 (@updates-testing) libudev = 161-9.fc14 Available: libudev-161-4.fc14.i686 (fedora) libudev = 161-4.fc14 Available: libudev-161-8.fc14.i686 (updates) libudev = 161-8.fc14
I have the package "xvidcap" (Screen recorder) installed in Ubuntu, the problem I have is the version I have installed is an older version and there is a newer version avaliable, but I don't want to install the newer version as this breaks some functionality regarding screen capturing e.g. audio capturing. But each time I run Update Manager the package appears in the list to be upgraded.
Is there anyway to flag the package as do not upgrade or something to make it not appear in Update Manager or at least have it greyed out so the checkbox isn't automatically checked each time update manager is ran?
Code: # yum update Loaded plugins: presto, refresh-packagekit Setting up Update Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package evolution.i686 0:2.30.2-1.fc13 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: libedataserver-1.2.so.11 for package: nautilus-sendto-2.28.4-1.fc13.i686
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Error: Package: empathy-2.30.1.1-1.fc13.i686 (@updates) Requires: libedataserver-1.2.so.11 Removing: evolution-data-server-2.30.1-2.fc13.i686 (@fedora)Error: Package: gnome-panel-2.30.0-1.fc13.i686 (@fedora) Requires: libedataserver-1.2.so.11 Removing: evolution-data-server-2.30.1-2.fc13.i686 (@fedora)Error: Package: nautilus-sendto-2.28.4-1.fc13.i686 (@fedora) Requires: libedataserver-1.2.so.11 Removing: evolution-data-server-2.30.1-2.fc13.i686 (@fedora) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
Greetings: I have tried installing Ubuntu 10.10 from disk and DVD at home in VMware Player 3.1.3 with success. However, when I go to do updates, the Authenticator freezes and comes up with the following error:
Code: Could not initialize the package information
I have updated the gdm file to be able to log in as root in Fedora 10.Nevertheless after I had selected package updates to be installed logged in as root I still get an error message that I do not have enough privileges.The terminal installation method is a bit of a problem since I do not think it will search for dependencies and therefore it can be excessively long to figure out what is missing for a package installation. In simple cases it works OK, but in more difficult cases it is a bear.
please provide solution to [URL]I have updated ubuntu 10.4 to 10.10 and VLC get crashed. Now I am not able to do uninstall/ install VLC or any other software/updatehere are things I have tried but no use.
I've tried to update Audacious 2.1 to a version, 2.3, that isn't yet on Karmic or Hardy repositories, by adding a PPA to my software sources through this line:
setting a resolution that my monitor can't handle, and now I can't figure out how to get back to a setting that my monitor can handle. When I first made the bad setting, the screen went black except for an "Out of Range" message in the middle, and wouldn't let me see anything to put it back. I ended up going to a text screen with a <Ctrl-Alt-F1>, logging in as root, and rebooting. Now, I can use all of my other user IDs (root, KDE test, "email only," etc.) just fine, but if I log in to the one with the bad res. setting, it just blacks the screen and I have to reboot again. The xorg.conf file doesn't even have any options for setting resolutions any more, so there's no way to explicitly disallow the one I set, and "deleting" (renaming) xorg.conf didn't help.
I just started a new SysAdmin job on Monday Jan 11, 2010. My predecessor left before I joined the company with NO documentation. All of the system mail (alerts, error messages, informative messages, etc.) that's going to root is being redirected to my boss. I checked .mailrc and /etc/aliases for an alias that would equate root with my boss, but couldn't find anything. My boss doesn't want to be receiving these emails. Where else can the previous SA could have done this operation. How can I sub my email address for that of my boss' to be receiving these alert messages.
I downloaded all the nvidia modules from yum repos. Now fedora will not boot. Seems to fail as xwindows starts. How I can undo those modules from the live disk? I've tried removing blacklists from etc/modprobe.d. and the .ko files from /lib/kernel/drivers//. My next alternative is to do what the windows lot do. Backup and re-install.
For some reason Update Manager is not installing updates as of yesterday.I have it set to check daily and notify if updates are available. It has been working without issues for well over a year now.
Update Manager tells me updates are available and presents the list of security, recommended, and other updates. All are selected to update, but when I select Install Updates in Update Manager it returns with a Reading Package Information window overlaid on the main Update Manager window - building dependency tree then reading state information and dumps me back to the main Update Manager window without performing any update actions.
I am running openSUSE 11.4 KDE 4.6.5 on my desktop AMD64. Just added R47 repo in order to upgrade KDE 4.6.5 to 4.7. However, after running zypper up I saw lots of packages not being updated.code...
I am having a dual boot with Windows 7 OS(64 bit) and Ubuntu 10.10. I installed Ubuntu through Wubi installer from my Windows 7. Usually when I start my computer it first shows my Windows Boot Manager screen. It shows a menu with 2 options Windows 7 and Ubuntu. For getting into Windows 7 I need to choose the first option. For booting into Ubuntu I need to choose the 2nd option i.e Ubuntu. And then it would show me a Grub boot menu with the options being different kernel versions and recovery modes etc. The latest I had was some 2.6.26 version.
I recently did a package update with update-manager. After the update I am not able to boot into Ubuntu. After the Windows boot manager screen it takes me to a screen that says something like
Try (hd0, 0): NTFS5: No wubuildr Try (hd0, 1): NTFS5: No wubuildr Try (hd0, 2): NTFS5:
After this the screen turns into full white and then it automatically reboots! It doesn't take me to the Grub menu! It happens quite fast that to even read the above 3 lines it took to try booting a number of times!
One thing I noticed in the package update was that grub was one of the updated packages. Another thing is that in my Windows 7 in c: directory there is a file called wubuildr whose creation time is almost the same time as when the package update happened. There is also a wubuildr.mbr but it's creation and last modification times are much older. But then I am clueless as to what is the purpose of the file and so I am not sure how to use it to fix this problem if possible.
Also through ext2explore program from Windows 7 I could copy the /boot/grub/grub.cfg and /var/log/dpkg.log files. I have attached grub.cfg and dpkg.log with .txt extensions. In the dpkg.log file that I attached I just removed all lines except those containing "upgrade" so that it wouldn't be too long a file and you can easily see just what packages were upgraded.
Cannot install updates. Click on icon which says 65 updates available but update manager opens and is blank and frozen .Reboot and same results. apt-get install updates says Unable to locate package updates. Everything has worked perfectly upto now I am running Squeeze.
I would like the updater applet to offer updates other than security fixes from the base repos. For example I would like to be notified automatically about updates for VLC and Chrome. How do I do that?
I had installed Ubuntu server 10.04 and i am trying to install Webmin for GUI. When i start with "sudo apt-get install update" the following gets displayed...
Reading package list... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package updates
I had configured correct IP address and i am connected with internet. After googling for some time i figured out that missing repository could cause such problem, which i am not sure.
I'm running Debian Lenny on my trusty old Thinkpad T41 laptop. Everything is running great with only one issue I can't seem to resolve. Under Gnome, the package manager will state that there are updates available. When I run the package manager to install the updates, none are listed. From the console, when I run apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, it states that there are 0 packages available. I have no idea why this is happening. I'm not receiving any error messages and none of the sources are giving errors.
However, since Fedora 15 has been released GA. I haven't been able to get any updates. It saids Code: No package marked for update Here is the results of my yum upgrade code...
Since applying a number of updates using the online update tool in Yast, the online update tool can no longer contact the software repositories which were configured in Yast.If i browse to the URL which is configured within the software repo config tool, I can see the updates & folders fine in Firefox.Zypper seems to do the same thing & just sits there if I do zypper update.I see a number of other people in this forum have had the same problems, any ideas as I couldn?t find a resolution?
Every time when I click on reload button in synaptic package manager I get these messages:
W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...ty/Release.gpg Could not resolve '1@192.168.0.4'
my internet connection has http proxy with address 192.168.0.4 and port no. 3128. every time when i click on reload button in synaptic package manager i get a lot of above messages. btw i am using ubuntu 9.04.