[PLUG] Force apt install to use old version -- How?

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Sat Dec 12 02:31:58 UTC 2020


Or maybe it's looking for specific png's that aren't on your version of the OS.

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 5:56 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/11/20 5:35 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
> > I think you want dpkg -i <your-package>.deb
>
> Thanks. I tried that. It installed without grousing. While what I got
> may be the same version as on my other machines, but it doesn't look it.
> Instead of squares with numbers and blank squares I get black squares
> and blank squares. The option to put temporary values in small boxes at
> the top and bottom of each blank square is there, but there's no way to
> know what's in the black squares. Other features of the game seem like
> what I expect. Maybe it want's a different version of some library?
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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