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morellik

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-04-05

Posts: 43

Install package by version

Dear all,

I had search in the forum for a topic like this without success. I'm sorry if this topic was already discussed.
Is it possible to install a package by its version? E.g. I have a package that creates problems after an upgrade, can I reinstall the previous working version with pacman?

Thanks

ise

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From: Karlsruhe / Germany

Registered: 2005-10-06

Posts: 404

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Re: Install package by version

Normally pacman stores the old packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
If you find the old version you can install it by "pacman -U /path/to/package.pkg.tar.gz" as root.

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natalian

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Registered: 2007-09-06

Posts: 29

Re: Install package by version

also add the line

 IgnorePkg = PkgName

to the [options] section in /etc/pacman.conf if you don't want it to be upgraded

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Install package by version

archlinux repositories dont have many versions of a package but only the latest. with some exceptions (eg. gcc) but these very few

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morellik

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From: Italy

Registered: 2007-04-05

Posts: 43

Re: Install package by version

Ok. Thanks to all