Is it possible to fix dependency issues by reverting to previous package versions?












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Since I tried to install a package that was trying to overwrite some files used by a service, I then stopped its installation.

Now, apt-get purge returns the following message:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.28-5) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
locales : Depends: libc-bin (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


Since, I don't want to update those dependencies, is it possible to restore a previous version of the listed packages until they are okay with the current installed dependencies?










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    Possible duplicate of How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

    – Dave
    Jan 31 at 0:04











  • It doesn't look like a dependency problem to me. It looks like a sources problem: 2.28 is Ubuntu 18.10/19.04, 2.27-3 is Ubuntu 18.04. Mixing packages from different releases like that is unwise, and may break your system quite horribly.

    – user535733
    Jan 31 at 2:09
















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Since I tried to install a package that was trying to overwrite some files used by a service, I then stopped its installation.

Now, apt-get purge returns the following message:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.28-5) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
locales : Depends: libc-bin (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


Since, I don't want to update those dependencies, is it possible to restore a previous version of the listed packages until they are okay with the current installed dependencies?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

    – Dave
    Jan 31 at 0:04











  • It doesn't look like a dependency problem to me. It looks like a sources problem: 2.28 is Ubuntu 18.10/19.04, 2.27-3 is Ubuntu 18.04. Mixing packages from different releases like that is unwise, and may break your system quite horribly.

    – user535733
    Jan 31 at 2:09














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Since I tried to install a package that was trying to overwrite some files used by a service, I then stopped its installation.

Now, apt-get purge returns the following message:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.28-5) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
locales : Depends: libc-bin (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


Since, I don't want to update those dependencies, is it possible to restore a previous version of the listed packages until they are okay with the current installed dependencies?










share|improve this question
















Since I tried to install a package that was trying to overwrite some files used by a service, I then stopped its installation.

Now, apt-get purge returns the following message:



The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.28-5) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
locales : Depends: libc-bin (> 2.28) but 2.27-3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).


Since, I don't want to update those dependencies, is it possible to restore a previous version of the listed packages until they are okay with the current installed dependencies?







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  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

    – Dave
    Jan 31 at 0:04











  • It doesn't look like a dependency problem to me. It looks like a sources problem: 2.28 is Ubuntu 18.10/19.04, 2.27-3 is Ubuntu 18.04. Mixing packages from different releases like that is unwise, and may break your system quite horribly.

    – user535733
    Jan 31 at 2:09














  • 1





    Possible duplicate of How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

    – Dave
    Jan 31 at 0:04











  • It doesn't look like a dependency problem to me. It looks like a sources problem: 2.28 is Ubuntu 18.10/19.04, 2.27-3 is Ubuntu 18.04. Mixing packages from different releases like that is unwise, and may break your system quite horribly.

    – user535733
    Jan 31 at 2:09








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1





Possible duplicate of How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

– Dave
Jan 31 at 0:04





Possible duplicate of How to downgrade a package via apt-get?

– Dave
Jan 31 at 0:04













It doesn't look like a dependency problem to me. It looks like a sources problem: 2.28 is Ubuntu 18.10/19.04, 2.27-3 is Ubuntu 18.04. Mixing packages from different releases like that is unwise, and may break your system quite horribly.

– user535733
Jan 31 at 2:09





It doesn't look like a dependency problem to me. It looks like a sources problem: 2.28 is Ubuntu 18.10/19.04, 2.27-3 is Ubuntu 18.04. Mixing packages from different releases like that is unwise, and may break your system quite horribly.

– user535733
Jan 31 at 2:09










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