How to install specific version of package in DNF

Question

How to install specific package version in DNF. One of my installed package installed the new version, but this new has some issue, then I want to rollback to the old version, but the last old version of the package is still on fc25.

I tried to add the specific version when tried to reinstall but without success. I add this at the end of the package name 2-1.fc25.noarch and some other combination.

BTW I am on fc26 and the package can be found on the _copr.

Thanks

@RishabhBahukhandi 's answer converted to a comment: "https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=306988". — peterh, Oct 23 '17 at 14:49
https://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=306988 please see this link. i guess this will solve your problem — Rishabh Bahukhandi, Oct 23 '17 at 12:59
Does this answer your question? Can I force dnf to install an old version of a package? — Michael Hirschler, Sep 16 '22 at 05:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '17 at 09:06

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Try sudo dnf downgrade --releasever=25 <package-name>.

But it might be that the old package is no longer available on the COPR repository, it depends on the maintainer.

answered Dec 03 '17 at 09:06

Nemo

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '23 at 18:51

just list the specific version using the naming convention in the expected order; it's a bit counter intuitive. I.e.; to install a specific version of vim you would use:

sudo dnf install vim-common-2:8.0.1763-19.el8.4.x86_64

But when you list a specific version using dnf list it will display the name in a different manner:

sudo dnf list installed | grep vim
vim-common.x86_64                    2:8.0.1763-19.el8.4

How to install specific version of package in DNF

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