DNF5-DOWNGRADE(8)

NAME
dnf5-downgrade - Downgrade Command

SYNOPSIS

dnf5 downgrade [options] <package-spec>...

DESCRIPTION

The downgrade command in DNF5 is used to downgrade each package specified in package-spec 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.

--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 nano package to the given version.

dnf5 downgrade gcc glibc --allowerasing
    Downgrade gcc, glibc packages and allow removing of installed packages when needed.

SEE ALSO
dnf5-specs(7), Patterns specification

AUTHOR
See AUTHORS.md in dnf5 source distribution.

COPYRIGHT
Contributors to the dnf5 project.