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It might be interesting to know how many different versions of a given package are available to install, no? We just had a use case for rear. Suppose we want to install ReaR release 2.2 and not the most recent one. How do we know it is available to install?
On RedHat alike Linux distributions it can be done as follow:
# yum --showduplicates list rear | expand
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: be.mirror.guru
* epel: fr.mirror.babylon.network
* extras: mirror.plusserver.com
* updates: centos.mirrors.ovh.net
Available Packages
rear.x86_64 1.17.2-1.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 1.18-3.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 1.19-2.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 2.00-1.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 2.00-2.el7 base
rear.x86_64 2.00-3.el7_4 updates
rear.x86_64 2.1-2.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 2.2-5.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 2.3-1.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear
rear.x86_64 2.3-11.git.0.952e698.unknown.el7 Archiving_Backup_Rear_Snapshot
Wow - really a bunch of possibilities are available to install! Haha, the 2.2-5.el7 version is available and that is the release we wanted to test out:
# yum install rear-2.2-5.el7
Note: if rear package was already installed then yum install won’t work for older versions. You better remove the old version first.
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