At work we use a backported version of Subversion as the stable package is 1.1.4 and I wanted to install the latest one we could get a package for which was version 1.3.2. Along with the backported Subversion package is a package that contains a number of useful hook scripts called subversion-tools.
When I did an
These are the steps I went through to install the backported version of subversion-tools, although these steps will work when installing any specific version of a Debian package.
Before you install a specific version of a package you need it's complete version.
This will be displayed when you run:
e.g.
To install the specific version simply run run:
e.g.
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When I did an
apt-get install subversion-tools Debian wanted to install the 1.1.4 stable release not the 1.3.2 backported release. By doing an apt-cache show subversion-tools I was able to see the two available packages.These are the steps I went through to install the backported version of subversion-tools, although these steps will work when installing any specific version of a Debian package.
Before you install a specific version of a package you need it's complete version.
This will be displayed when you run:
apt-cache showpkg <package name>e.g.
apt-cache showpkg subversion-tools
> Package: subversion-tools
> Versions:
> 1.3.2-5~bpo1(/var/lib/dpkg/status)
> 1.1.4-2 (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages)To install the specific version simply run run:
apt-get install <package name>=<version>e.g.
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Comments
Glad to be of some help! :)
It leaves me speechless that tools so thoroughly critical to running Debian as apt-get and aptitude are still so horrendously user-unfriendly. I've been using apt for almost 10 years now and it's still a nightmare of having to memorize huge amounts of obscure knowledge (and I also just had to manually up my apt cache to defeat the dreaded MMap error - an error which should be avoidable anyway, but at the very least ought to tell you what to do!).
I know exactly how you feel! That is one of the main reasons for my blog, so that I can capture stuff that I couldn't find out on the web how to do.
name = version is mad idea.. too many googling for this .. shit .. die debilan, die ..
Tip for anyone else - if you need an older version that isn't in the apt-cache, you can add an older source to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and run apt-get update
Thanks again Andrew