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Debtap make downgrading packages easy on Archlinux (lemmy.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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today I updated my system and Floorp is completely break userchrome (again) but this time it's very severe basically it doesn't load userchrome at all, so I look into a way to downgrading it but unsuccessful but I can just download .deb file then convert it to Arch installer with Debtap and install it with usual "paru -Udd" and everything just work. So if you haven't heard of this wonderful software yet I think you should check it out https://github.com/helixarch/debtap

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[–] 8 points 11 months ago

(Observing Gentoo user is puzzled by the notion of a package manager that can't handle downgrades correctly without third-party assistance.)

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    [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Why not just grab the previous PKGBUILD version that worked?

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago*

    This is why I use btrfs/snapper with pacman hooks

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Instead installing older version that is either unsecure, or can cause dependency problems, I rather install Flatpak: https://flathub.org/en/apps/one.ablaze.floorp

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    BTW there is also the package (Bash script) downgrade to do this job. It is in official EndevourOS repositories, but also in the AUR. And if you want do it manually, head over to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages .

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    [–] [S] -1 points 11 months ago

    https://github.com/helixarch/debtap

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