Re: rpm question...downgrading a package.

[Jeff Lane <jlane redhat com>]

On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Bongo deGilligan wrote:
> Let's say I upgrade a given package via rpm and,  at some point I decide
> that I want to downgrade that same package to an earlier version (prior
> version that I was using, etc.).  How would I accomplish this via rpm ?
> Would I have to first uninstall the package and then install the older
> version ?  What options would I use to accomplish this in the most
> expedient manner.

easy...  

if you install say...  package-1.1.1.rpm and then upgrade it to
package-2.1.1.rpm and realize that 2.1.1 really blows, and 1.1.1 was
stable, and nice, and didnt segfault every time you exited it, then do
this:

rpm -Uvh --force package-1.1.1.rpm.  this will install the old one on top
of the newer one.  YOu can, of course also do what you had guessed at
earlier, remove the newer package with rpm -e and then reinstall the older
one.  

either way will accomplish what you want to do.

cheers
Jeff


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