Correct way to use an older version of a package in Ubuntu?

[Adam Funk]

On 2007-06-12, Mitch Contla wrote:

>> What's the correct way in Ubuntu to downgrade to a previous version of
>> a package and keep it that way for a while?
>>
>> Last time I tried to do this (possibly using one of my old Debian
>> command-line habits), I kept getting annoying messages in the update
>> manager telling me to do a "partial upgrade" which did nothing.


> You can install a specific version and then 'pin' it so that the
> update-manager ignores it. For example, I recently 'downgraded' cdparanoia
> and libcdparanoia0 like this:
>
>    $ sudo aptitude cdparanoia=3a9.8-13 libcdparanoia0=3a9.8-13
>
> Next I added the following entries to /etc/apt/preferences:
>
>    Package: cdparanoia
>    Pin: version 3a9.8-13*
>    Pin-Priority: 1001
>
>    Package: libcdparanoia0
>    Pin: version 3a9.8-13*
>    Pin-Priority: 1001
>
> Now the update manager ignores updates for those packages.

I think that's the "old Debian way" I tried to do it last time ... but
I'll take a closer look and see if perhaps I missed a detail.