On 13 Mar 2025 at 22:58, Dave Close wrote: To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: dnf downgrade dependencies From: Dave Close <dave@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date sent: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:58:42 -0700 Send reply to: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >On 3/13/25 10:20 PM, Dave Close wrote: > >> I've decided I'm unhappy with one of the changes made by the most > >> recent version of LibreOffice, 24.8, and I want to try going back to > >> the previous version, 24.2, which is part of the FC40 repository. > >> But I'm astounded by the result of the command below. (Without > >> allowerasing the command won't do anything.) > > Samuel Sieb wrote: > >libreoffice has many dependencies and if you downgrade those to what > >that version needs, then you have to also downgrade all the packages > >that depend on those dependencies. > > Well then, I suppose I could download the source package and try to > build it on FC41... Sent a longer reply to Dave Close. But you can have both the Fedora version of Libre Office and a Libre Office version at the same time. They can be installed at same time. On my Fedora 41 machine I have the two versions running. So, I'm doing the reverse of what he wants. I have the default 24.8.5.2 version of Fedora 41 and have the newer 25.2.1.2 version. Installing the LibreOffice version puts the files in /opt directory, while the Fedora version is in its location. Menu shows both. Just showing writer packages as example. libreoffice25.2-writer-25.2.1.2-2.x86_64 libreoffice-writer-24.8.5.2-1.fc41.x86_64 # which libreoffice /usr/bin/libreoffice # which libreoffice25.2 /usr/bin/libreoffice25.2 # ls -l /usr/bin/libreoffice25.2 /usr/bin/libreoffice25.2 -> /opt/libreoffice25.2/program/soffice So, except for doubling the space to have two versions for testing. Doesn't show any issues that I've seen? But limited testing. > -- > Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA +1 714 434 7359 > dave@xxxxxxxxxxx dhclose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "Paying attention to politicians can make you dumb." - Declan McCullagh > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxx Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
