Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> Kai, correct me if I'm wrong, but one is allowed to use other programs >> not supplied by CentOS. And surely if the user feels that xyz-1.2.3.rpm >> is giving him problems, and he wants to use xyz-1.2.0.rpm instead that's >> his choice? >> >> > > Well, I have rpmforge enabled for example, and I installed an application from their repo which installed a few dependencies from their repo as well. One of those dependencies was an rpm whose version was higher than the software dev's recommended version. > > In that scenario, how does one force a downgrade? > > Thanks! > jlc > _______________________________________________ > Does the current installed version give a problem? Using something like rpmforge to install an rpm ( I presume you used yum or something?) I think the only way is to remove it, and then manually install the correct one. The command would be something like rpm -ivh http://rmpforge-website/rpms/package-1.2.3.54-234.rpm - or something -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff