Yum Downgrade Packages on Red Hat (RHEL)

[size=small]当用yum安装软件时，经常会遇到依赖的软件包版本和现在软件需要的版本不一致问题，这时候需要我们手动去执行一下yum downgrade.

[b]YUM Downgrade Basic Usage[/b]


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Example:
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[b]YUM Downgrade Package Which Have Dependencies[/b]
YUM downgrade is more difficult with packages that have dependencies. YUM downgrade does not resolve dependencies automatically, so it must be done manually.

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Example: check package dependencies manually
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SQLite package depends on sqlite-devel package, so both (sqlite-devel and sqlite) have to be downgraded:
# yum downgrade sqlite-devel sqlite
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