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P3808

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From: Austria

Registered: 2009-11-02

Posts: 28

[SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

i want to download xserver from the mirror ' http://www.schlunix.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64/ ', but there are different versions of it and i need a 1.6 version to install catalyst too. my question is what command i have to give pacman to download and install ' xorg-server-1.6.3.901-1 ' ?
(maybe ' pacman -Sy extra/xorg-server1.6.3.901-1 ' ?? )
probably i would find the answer in one of these topics, but it would take too much time...
thx

i believe it should work, if i download the tar.gz and install it with ' pacman -U xorg-server ' ... will test it tomorrow
please tell me if i'm wrong...

Last edited by P3808 (2009-11-21 20:19:18)

tomk

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Re: [SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

Yes, pacman -U *.pkg.tar.gz will work.

Here's a thought: if doing the research takes "too much time", maybe you should stick with up-to-date repo packages. That way, the devs do all the research for you.

ngoonee

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Re: [SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

Too much time?

Glad you're using Arch, then...

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riivo

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Registered: 2008-08-25

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Re: [SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

But how to overcome these errors?

~ > yaourt -U xorg-server-1.6.3.901-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz 
loading package data...
checking dependencies...
error: replacing packages with -U is not supported yet
error: you can replace packages manually using -Rd and -U
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: xorg-server: conflicts with xf86-input-evdev
:: xorg-server: conflicts with xf86-input-keyboard
:: xorg-server: conflicts with xf86-input-mouse
:: xorg-server: conflicts with xf86-video-ati
:: xorg-server: conflicts with xf86-video-vesa
press a key to continue

Should xorg-server be removed before downgrading?

grey

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-08-23

Posts: 679

Re: [SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

You cannot downgrade only xorg-server and keep the rest of the xf86-... packages. They need to be compatible. There are some threads on this forum where all those packages are listed that you need to downgrade.
It's not rocket science, but it probably takes more time than the OP is willing to spend ...

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P3808

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From: Austria

Registered: 2009-11-02

Posts: 28

Re: [SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

ok it worked on my laptop
thx @ all...

@ riivo:
first remove all conflicting packages...
pacman -R xf86-video-ati (or xf86-video-radeonhd)
pacman -Rd xorg-server xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse (and for laptop 'xf86-input-synaptics' too)

then download older packages of xorg-server, evdev, ...
i got them from www.schlunix.org/archlinux/ . these packages are in extra
i took xorg-server1.6.3.901-1, evdev-2.2.2-1, keyboard-1.3.2-2, mouse-1.4.0-2, vesa-2.2.0-1, synaptics-1.1.2-2
now you can install them with ' pacman -U [packagename].pkg.tar.gz ' and catalyst from AUR.
put fglrx in MODULES of /etc/rc.conf and do IgnorePkg = xf86-video-vesa xorg-server xf86-input-evdev xf86-input-keyboard xf86-input-mouse (xf86-input-synaptics)

Last edited by P3808 (2009-11-21 20:21:33)

riivo

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Registered: 2008-08-25

Posts: 112

Re: [SOLVED] download and install a specific packageversion

P3808, it's not necessary to remove old packages first. If you downgrade all xorg-server dependencies at the same time, there's no error.