on 1-6-2009 2:26 PM Tim Nelson spake the following: > Hello fellow CentOS'ers- > > I'm trying to install a package from a not-to-be-named repository (privately operated for some proprietary software). They currently have a package I need but offer multiple versions. However, if I simply 'yum install packagename' it defaults to pulling down the most recent package. I would like to pull down the older version of the package but I'm unable to do so. > > So, how would you specify version number for a package with two candidates but the same name? I'm at a loss... :-( > I think you have to specify version. In the example; bind-chroot-9.3.4-6.0.1.P1.el5_2.i386.rpm bind-chroot-9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2.i386.rpm I think you would specify yum install bind-chroot-9.3.4-6.0.1.P1 but a later update will upgrade it anyway. If there software doesn't work with the newer version, it shouldn't be in their repo, IMHO. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090106/81ffe47c/attachment-0005.sig>