How do I roll back my kernel to a version I've never had installed?

bobman321123 · 2012-04-12 20:08:39

So according to the wiki, the method for rolling back any package is to go to
/var/cache/pacman/pkg/
and find whatever the old piece of software is.

However, I've just recently installed Arch, and the only version of the kernel I have in there is 3.3.1.
If I were to want to get 3.2.14, how would I get it?

I've searched google (though mind you I have a very limited knowledge of what to search for, as of yet, seeing as this is day 1 arch for me ), and haven't really come up with any solutions to this other than recompiling the kernel.

Any ideas?

65kid · 2012-04-12 20:12:08

http://schlunix.org/archlinux/

mentioned in the wiki btw

Spider.007 · 2012-04-12 20:13:08

Or go the manual way; find the wanted version of the PKGBUILD for that package and compile it yourself. So go to http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/linux/ and click on 'View changes'. The version that matches your wanted 3.2.14 would be https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … b1e75b2e74 So download all the files and execute `makepkg` in the directory you downloaded them in

Last edited by Spider.007 (2012-04-12 20:14:13)

karol · 2012-04-12 21:52:35

Please search the wiki for info on downgrading packages.

.:B:. · 2012-04-12 22:01:23

If it's because of the ath9k regression, it might be easier to use compat-wireless.

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#1 2012-04-12 20:08:39

How do I roll back my kernel to a version I've never had installed?

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Re: How do I roll back my kernel to a version I've never had installed?

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