YUM Downgrade Packages on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL)
This is quick tip, howto downgrade packages using YUM (example) on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL). This works simply with yum downgrade command and is very usefull when package(s) downgrade is needed some reason.
YUM Downgrade Basic Usage
Downgrade is very straightforward when package have not any dependencies, which affect the downgrade.
YUM Downgrade Single Package
yum downgrade package
Example:
yum downgrade hunspell-mr.noarch Setting up Downgrade Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-5.fc13 set to be downgraded ---> Package hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-6.fc14 set to be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Downgrading: hunspell-mr noarch 20060920-5.fc13 fedora 62 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Downgrade 1 Package(s) Total download size: 62 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: hunspell-mr-20060920-5.fc13.noarch.rpm | 62 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : hunspell-mr-20060920-5.fc13.noarch 1/2 Cleanup : hunspell-mr-20060920-6.fc14.noarch 2/2 Removed: hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-6.fc14 Installed: hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-5.fc13 Complete!
YUM Downgrade Package Which Have Dependencies
YUM downgrade is more difficult with packages that have dependencies. YUM downgrade does not resolve dependencies automatically, so it must be done manually.
YUM Downgrade Package and Dependencies
yum downgrade lib1 lib2 package
Example: check package dependencies manually
yum downgrade sqlite Setting up Downgrade Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 set to be downgraded ---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 set to be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: sqlite-devel-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 (@rawhide/12) Requires: sqlite = 3.6.23-1.fc14 Removing: sqlite-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 (@rawhide/12) sqlite = 3.6.23-1.fc14 Downgraded By: sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686 (fedora) sqlite = 3.6.22-1.fc13 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
SQLite package depends on sqlite-devel package, so both (sqlite-devel and sqlite) have to be downgraded:
yum downgrade sqlite-devel sqlite Setting up Downgrade Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 set to be downgraded ---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 set to be erased ---> Package sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 set to be downgraded ---> Package sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 set to be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Downgrading: sqlite i686 3.6.22-1.fc13 fedora 309 k sqlite-devel i686 3.6.22-1.fc13 fedora 80 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Downgrade 2 Package(s) Total download size: 389 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/2): sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 309 kB 00:00 (2/2): sqlite-devel-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686.rpm | 80 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 438 kB/s | 389 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686 1/4 Installing : sqlite-devel-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686 2/4 Cleanup : sqlite-devel-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 3/4 Cleanup : sqlite-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 4/4 Removed: sqlite.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 Installed: sqlite.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 Complete!
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