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Can't downgrade gwenview - no previous versions in standard repo

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Hi all.
If a question of this sort has been answered previously, and you know the link, please just drop it and I will read through.
I've had a read through several previous threads already.

Firstly, I am guilty of currently using MX on my somewhat sacrifical desktop, but I guess (wrongly perhaps?) MX uses most (possibly all) of the same default repos as debian,
and so feel this is probably more of a general use debian / apt / dpkg question.

If not, please move to appropriate forum.
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Gwenview's latest upgrade is complete garbage.
It has completely removed all keyboard accelerator menu shortcuts and navigations (eg. alt+(underlined character option) -- and other functionality --
and has opted for a much "simpler" ie. far less useful and far-more mouse-driven interface for navigating menus etc.
(No idea what developers are thinking).

This has killed my workflow in using the program.

I would obviously like to downgrade it.

I have tried:

sudo apt install gwenview=(previous version numbers)

and
sudo apt-get install gwenview=(previous version numbers)


...and tried inserting various version numbers, but bash / apt / dpkg reports each time that the various version numbers do not exist.

I have tried...
*(ie. blindly and pathetically flailed, like the n00b I am)
...a number of means of displaying what version numbers exist in the default repos,
such as:
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dpkg-query -S gwenview

apt-cache madison gwenview

apt list -a gwenview
sudo apt list -a gwenview

sudo apt install gwenview=20.12.0
sudo apt install gwenview=20.11
sudo apt-get install gwenview=20.11
sudo apt-get install gwenview=20.11.0

sudo apt remove gwenview
sudo apt install gwenview=20.11.0

dpkg-query -S gwenview

apt policy gwenview
apt-cache gwenview
apt-cache search gwenview
apt-cache pkgnames gwenview
apt-cache show gwenview

apt-cache showpkg gwenview
apt list -a gwenview

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No matter what I try, it seems the only version of gwenview which is available to install is the current version (20.12.3).

...Much sad!

Any help greatly appreciated,
link dumps are fine.

I have read through a few debian forum threads.

I am hoping I won't have to add and remove sources as here

viewtopic.php?p=401563&hilit=no+previou ... de#p401563

or perhaps here :

viewtopic.php?p=706518&hilit=downgrade+package#p706518

...and potentially end up in some form of dependency-hell.

Right now, I'm on a short timeline to sort photos so I can sell / give-away etc my household goods and effects online, so I am hoping to not have to muck around too much with sources / dependencies.

...With that said, I'll do whatever it takes.

Can't stand what they've done to my favourite image organizing/sorting/viewing/all-purpose program.

Cheers!

Statistics: Posted by spazzz — 2023-12-16 08:43 — Replies 4 — Views 203



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