We may need to install some old packages such as the kernel in our Linux box. Let’s use installing a older version of Linux kernel in Fedora as the example to introduce how to install old packages from the repository using yum.
By now, suppose we have install kernel-2.6.32.16-143 in the Linux box and we want to install some older kernel in the repository.
First find out all the kernels in the repository by:
# yum list --showduplicates kernel
All the kernel packages will be listed like this:
Installed Packages kernel.i686 2.6.32.16-141.fc12 @updates Available Packages kernel.i686 2.6.31.5-127.fc12 fedora kernel.i686 2.6.32.16-150.fc12 updates
We find out that 2.6.31.5-127.fc12 kernel package is available. We can install it now:
# yum install kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12
Then yum will install the kernel of older version. For other packages, the method is similar with kernel. We just need to replace kernel with the package name above.
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