Synaptic can in fact downgrade packages. Select the package and in the Package menu at the top select "Force Version..."
The package also appears to be fixed for me. I can now install it normally. -- Cannot be installed. This breaks kubuntu-desktop! https://launchpad.net/bugs/53465 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
