Downgrade Command
Synopsis
dnf5 downgrade [options] <package-spec-NPFB>...
Description
The downgrade command in DNF5 is used to downgrade each package specified in package-spec-NPFB list to the
highest installable version of all known lower versions if possible. When the version is explicitly given
in the argument and it is lower than the version of the installed package then it downgrades to this one.
Options
--allowerasing- Allow removing of installed packages to resolve any potential dependency problems.
--skip-broken- Resolve any dependency problems by removing packages that are causing problems from the transaction.
--skip-unavailable- Allow skipping packages that are not possible to downgrade. All remaining packages will be downgraded.
--allow-downgrade- Enable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.
--no-allow-downgrade- Disable downgrade of dependencies when resolving the requested operation.
--from-repo=REPO_ID,...- Packages (or their provides) explicitly specified on the command line will only be looked up in the specified repositories.Repository enabling and disabling still applies. Dependencies of these packages will be resolved from any enabled repository.
--downloadonly- Download the resolved package set without executing an RPM transaction.
--offline- Store the transaction to be performed offline. See dnf5-offline(8), Offline command.
Examples
dnf5 downgrade nano-0:6.0-2.fc36- Downgrade the
nanopackage to the given version. dnf5 downgrade gcc glibc --allowerasing- Downgrade
gcc,glibcpackages and allow removing of installed packages when needed.
See Also
dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification