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Automath

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How to install a package version that is compatible to my last update

It happens all the time, I need a simple small tool and I don't want to run a system update because I have some work in progress. So, since I know it's not safe to install a package newer to my distribution, how can I find an older package of dos2unix that's compatible with my out to date system without having to upgrade?

Last edited by Automath (2023-07-24 19:54:34)

positronik

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Re: How to install a package version that is compatible to my last update

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive

Automath

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Re: How to install a package version that is compatible to my last update

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive

Well that's handy but how do I tranlate such to practice?
1. How do I find when was my last full update?
2. How do I specify the proper repository for pacman to download the package?

Scimmia

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Re: How to install a package version that is compatible to my last update

Simplest way would be to put

Server = https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/.all

at the bottom of your mirrorlist.

Trilby

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Re: How to install a package version that is compatible to my last update

Scimmia's recommendation is best, but if for any reason you don't want to do that, you can get the date your db files were updated directly:

date -r /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db +%Y/%m/%d

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