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bashphoenux

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Registered: 2009-04-14

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how to install only stable releases?

Ok recently I noticed that when I did

 pacman -S choqok

it downloaded the beta version of choqok !
how do I make pacman download only stable releases?
I know that Arch is all about rolling releases but what if I want some applications to be stable ones ?

Last edited by bashphoenux (2010-09-07 14:39:26)

SanskritFritz

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From: Budapest, Hungary

Registered: 2009-01-08

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Re: how to install only stable releases?

There is no way of doing this automatically.
However, there are several way to prevent a particular package from installing, one is the --ignore switch.
Also you can find the previous version of a package in the /var/cache/pacman/pkg folder, if you want to revert to that with pacman -U package.xgz

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wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: how to install only stable releases?

usually we pack only stable releases and maybe there is a good reason to use the beta over stable. Maybe the stable is features less or is not compatible with our current kde/qt or is broken because twitter or whatever changed apis. Better email the maintainer

Last edited by wonder (2010-09-07 15:03:39)

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