How can I roll back Firefox back to previous version?

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After doing a dist-upgrade Firefox got updated to the latest version, how can I go back to the previous version?

pretz · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-19 17:53:12Z

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Install Synaptic Package Manager

sudo apt install synaptic

launch the program and search for firefox

select it, then select Package at the top

select Force Version...

from the pull down select the version you want

click Apply

answered Nov 19, 2017 at 17:53

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Keke Mandela · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-19 19:15:15Z

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I'm not sure if Sean Patterson's answer is enough to prevent it from being updated by the AppCenter in the future.

Hence, I'd also mark the package as held back using ‘apt-mark’ command in terminal with root privileges.

For example, making your package say Firefox unavailable for install, up-gradation or uninstall, type:

apt-mark hold firefox

To make this package available for update, just replace ‘hold‘ with ‘unhold‘.

apt-mark unhold firefox

Source

answered Nov 19, 2017 at 19:09

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Note: github.com/elementary/appcenter/issues/544
– Peter Uithoven
Nov 19, 2017 at 19:52
Good call. I forgot about locking the version.
– pretz
Nov 19, 2017 at 20:34

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