How to Downgrade a Package in Arch Linux

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2023-05-16 210 words 1 min read
Problem solving

I needed to downgrade sops package to version 3.7.2 from 3.7.3 because of this issue.

There are several ways to downgrade a package or install a specific version of it in Arch Linux:

  • From the pacman cache

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    $ # Check available versions in the cache:
$ ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/sops*
$ # Install it:
$ sudo pacman -U \
  /var/cache/pacman/pkg/sops-3.7.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

  • From the Arch Linux archive

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    $ # Check available versions in the archive:
$ curl -s https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/s/sops/
$ # Another way to check:
$ curl -s https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/.all/index.0.xz \
  | xz -d \
  | grep sops
$ # Install it:
$ sudo pacman -U \
  https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/.all/sops-3.7.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

  • From the AUR (sometimes there are older versions for backward compatibility)

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    $ yay sops
$ # See what you've got ...

  • Build from the AUR

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    $ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/sops-git.git
$ cd sops-git
$ # Target to the needed tag (this is not tested):
$ sed -i 's/branch=develop/branch=3.7.2/' PKGBUILD
$ makepkg -si

The needed version was not in the cache, but I found it in the Arch Linux archive which was a good option. See the corresponding commands above.

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