wait a second. That string doesn't look right, i.e. Version: 5.4.2.2 does not look like it's been downgraded. I expected 5.4.1. But I can't make it show that. It seems that the libreoffice-common package is defining that version string. That is indeed a newer version here for me. Downgrading that seems to incur some other trouble: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libreoffice-common : Depends: libreoffice-style-default or libreoffice-style I've done the following: ➜ ~>sudo apt install libreoffice=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-core=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-base=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-calc=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-draw=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-impress=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-math=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-report-builder-bin=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-writer=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-base-core=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-base-drivers=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 python3-uno=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 libreoffice-gtk3=1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-4.13.0-15 linux-headers-4.13.0-15-generic linux-image-4.13.0-15-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-15-generic Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. Suggested packages: fonts-open-sans libreoffice-grammarcheck myspell-dictionary openclipart2-libreoffice | openclipart-libreoffice pstoedit unixodbc libreoffice-officebean libreoffice-report-builder libjtds-java libreoffice-mysql-connector | libmyodbc | libmysql-java libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql | odbc-postgresql | libpg-java libsqliteodbc | tdsodbc | mdbtools libreofficekit-data Recommended packages: libreoffice-gnome | libreoffice-kde libreoffice-ogltrans libreoffice-report-builder libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql libreoffice-sdbc-hsqldb The following packages will be REMOVED: libreoffice-gnome The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: libreoffice libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-base libreoffice-base-core libreoffice-base-drivers libreoffice-calc libreoffice-core libreoffice-draw libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-impress libreoffice-math libreoffice-report-builder-bin libreoffice-writer python3-uno 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 14 downgraded, 1 to remove and 15 not upgraded. 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Removing libreoffice-gnome (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading python3-uno from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 (Reading database ... 299246 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../00-python3-uno_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking python3-uno (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-writer from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../01-libreoffice-writer_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-writer (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-math from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../02-libreoffice-math_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-math (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-draw from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../03-libreoffice-draw_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-draw (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-impress from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../04-libreoffice-impress_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-impress (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../05-libreoffice_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-gtk3 from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../06-libreoffice-gtk3_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-gtk3 (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-base from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../07-libreoffice-base_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-base (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-base-drivers from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../08-libreoffice-base-drivers_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-base-drivers (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-base-core from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../09-libreoffice-base-core_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-base-core (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../10-libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-report-builder-bin from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../11-libreoffice-report-builder-bin_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-report-builder-bin (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-core from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../12-libreoffice-core_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-core (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... dpkg: warning: downgrading libreoffice-calc from 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 to 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Preparing to unpack .../13-libreoffice-calc_1%3a5.4.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libreoffice-calc (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) over (1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ... Setting up libreoffice-core (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up python3-uno (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up libreoffice-base-drivers (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ... 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Setting up libreoffice (1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1) ... ➜ ~>apt-cache policy libreoffice-gtk3 libreoffice-gtk3: Installed: 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 Version table: 1:5.4.2-0ubuntu0.17.10.1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-proposed/main amd64 Packages *** 1:5.4.1-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ➜ ~>libreoffice --version LibreOffice 5.4.2.2 40m0(Build:2)