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I want to downgrade the gnome-terminal from 3.10.2 to 3.6.2, like in How to downgrade packages on Ubuntu? I tried using synaptic but without success and I don't think it's as easy as with any other application.

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  • Whats the output of apt-cache policy gnome-terminal? – heemayl Feb 21 '15 at 01:51
  • gnome-terminal: Instalados: 3.10.2-0ubuntu1~trusty1 Candidato: 3.10.2-0ubuntu1~trusty1 Tabla de versión: *** 3.10.2-0ubuntu1~trusty1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ubuntu.unc.edu.ar/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages – Diego Silvera Feb 21 '15 at 10:19
  • Run sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal=3.6.2-0ubuntu1 – heemayl Feb 21 '15 at 11:25

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What you should do is:

  1. Save / Finish Up Whatever you're doing in the GUI (LightDM/Unity).
  2. Go to a TTY Session (CTRL+ALT+F1).
  3. Login with your username and password.
  4. Stop LightDM.
  5. Downgrade Gnome Terminal
  6. Start LightDM.

I'll start from step 4.

Step 4: Stop LightDM

To stop lightdm, enter the following command:

sudo service lightdm stop

Step 5: Downgrade Gnome Terminal

Command(s):

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal=3.6.2

Step 6: Start LightDM

Command:

sudo service lightdm start

You should then be directed to the GUI login screen. Volla!

See this post for more information.

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As per the output of apt-cache policy gnome-terminal you have installed gnome-terminal 3.10 via PPA and gnome-terminal 3.6 is still available at the main repository. So do downgrade from 3.10 to 3.6 run the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-terminal=3.6.2-0ubuntu1

Here is another method that involves removing the PPA:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
heemayl
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In case anyone else arrives here and is unable to target version 3.6.2 via apt-get the following script found here worked for me:

wget http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-data_3.6.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal_3.6.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i gnome-terminal_3.6.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb gnome-terminal-data_3.6.2-0ubuntu1_all.deb
sudo apt-mark hold gnome-terminal
sudo apt-mark hold gnome-terminal-data

I was on a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 going from gnome-terminal version 3.18 to 3.6.2 and worked without a hitch.

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