[CentOS] Downgrade an rpm

[Rudi Ahlers]

Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Joseph L. Casale wrote on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:42:24 -0600:
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>> In that scenario, how does one force a downgrade?
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> On first thought: Force an uninstall via yum (if yum won't do it, use 
> rpm), install the older version via yum (if available from rpmforge) and 
> then exclude it (and probably all related rpms) from yum updating.
>
> There may be better ways.
>
> Kai
>
>   
Well, yes that could work. use "yum erase package name" to remove it. 
But, can one install a specific version of a package from the yum command?

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