On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 16:38 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > Joseph L. Casale wrote on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:42:24 -0600: > > > > > >> In that scenario, how does one force a downgrade? > >> > > > > 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? > Use rpm -i --oldpackage filename? -- Bob Taylor