On Friday 30 January 2015 09:53:24 am kanenas@... wrote:
>  how can one roll back to r13 in 64 bit debian wheezy? The "force" option
> in synaptic is not available. would "complete removal" of r14,  then a
> switch to r13 repos and subsequent install work?
>

I use Debian Wheezy.

I have done that here. The Desktop Environment, X windows system are 
applications installed on top of  a base system, all removeable.

Some of the tools available, imho, more usefull than synaptic.
"aptitude, dselect"..package management from the command line...use the search 
and purge features.

'apt-cache search <text string>' , 'apt-get purge <text string>', 
'apt-get autoremove', search 'trinity, tqt3', remove leftovers in /etc 
and /opt. 


To get a clean  base + X system takes some time, weigh that against 
re-install. 

Greg
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Peace,

Greg