how do I downgrade google chrome?
Presumably after an update, google chrome has very serious problems with page rendering. I want to downgrade it. (Switching to vmlinuz.old
and initrd.img.old
did not help).
$ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 35.0.1916.153-1
Candidate: 35.0.1916.153-1
Version table:
*** 35.0.1916.153-1 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
on a computer where google chrome works ok:
$ apt-cache policy google-chrome-stable
google-chrome-stable:
Installed: 34.0.1847.132-1
Candidate: 35.0.1916.153-1
Version table:
35.0.1916.153-1 0
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main amd64 Packages
*** 34.0.1847.132-1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
(If I had the .deb on the 2nd computer, everything would be easier. But there's no .deb. And no old .deb's on the google site.)
So I try:
$ sudo aptitude install google-chrome-stable=34.0.1847.132-1
Unable to find a version "34.0.1847.132-1" for the package "google-chrome-stable"
Unable to find a version "34.0.1847.132-1" for the package "google-chrome-stable"
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
You see, it does not work. The Synaptic manager also shows no version that I could set.
So, how do I downgrade google-chrome-stable?
Probably someone knows an archive of old google-chrome .deb's?
An archive of old google chrome versions may be found at:
http://mirror.pcbeta.com/google/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/
Unfortunately, google-chrome will tell you that the stuff in ~/.config/google-chrome
is from a newer version. I renamed this directory to google-chrome_newer
hoping to return to it when the problem with chrome is fixed.
EDIT There's no problem with that stuff from newer version, just press "ok". And I am afraid the chrome will never be fixed.
EDIT2
mirror.pcbeta.com does not work now. As usual, you may use https://archive.org/web/ .
The direct link to the page of interest is: https://web.archive.org/web/20160322044606/http://mirror.pcbeta.com/google/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/
If you have problems connecting to web.archive.org, e.g. "DNS address could not be found", try to use the TOR Browser (probably with its "New TOR circuit for this site" feature, Ctrl+Shift+L).
On your 2nd computer
-
Your deb file is in:
/var/cache/apt/archives
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If not, install it again via:
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable=34.0.1847.132-1
-
After that upgrade via:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
On your 1st computer:
-
Transfer the file and install via:
dpkg -i your.deb
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And set the package
google-chrome-stable
on hold viasudo apt-mark hold google-chrome-stable