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09.08.2017 · We all know that Pacman, the default package manager for Arch Linux and its derivatives, will store all downloaded packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ folder. We also know that Pacman will not delete old or uninstalled packages automatically from the cache. After a particular period of time, the cache folder will grow bigger in size.

The Arch Linux Archive is a daily snapshot of the official repositories. It can be used to install a previous package version, or restore the system to an earlier date . Rebuild the package If the package is unavailable, find the correct PKGBUILD and rebuild it with makepkg .

Linux – How to delete old packages installed by pacman in Arch Linux. arch linuxpackage-managementpacman. I have recently installed Arch Linux and found ...

The Historical Archive does not provide a way to access a "snapshot" of Arch packages at a given point in time. However, there is a redirection on archive.archlinux.org so that downloads for old packages are redirected to the Historical Archive on archive.org.

Even though the package comes from AUR, it's still installed with Pacman. So if the older version is still in the Pacman cache, ...

14.08.2008 · Registered: 2006-04-06. Posts: 734. Re: Where I download old versions packages for Arch? Actually there are some places that make old packages available. It looks like 2.6.25 kernels are here. I also remember seeing a thread somewhere here where someone was saving old packages that they would make available if you request, though I didn't find ...

This collection contains historical versions of all Arch Linux packages starting from September 2013. It includes both x86_64 and i686 packages, up until November 2017 where support for i686 was dropped in Arch Linux. This complements the Arch Linux Archive which only keeps old packages for a few years. ACTIVITY Collection Info Addeddate

In Arch Linux, there is an utility called "downgrade" that helps you to downgrade an installed package to any available older version. This utility will check ...

See also Arch Build System#Checkout an older version of a package. Old AUR packages can be built by checking out an old commit in the AUR package Git repository. For pre-2015 AUR3 PKGBUILDs, see Arch User Repository#Git repositories for AUR3 packages. Automation. downgrader-git AUR is a tool which works with libalpm, supports the pacman log and ...

2 Answers · Use the Arch Linux Archive to find old versions of the packages. · Use one of the tools from the downgrading wiki article to find them, for example ...

Arch Linux (or Arch /ɑːrtʃ/) is a Linux distribution for computers based on x86-64 architectures.This collection contains historical versions of all Arch Linux packages starting from September 2013.

Download old package on old Arch Linux install. ... the main risk in installing old versions of packages: since it queries the version in the locally sync'd ...

Maintaining the Arch Linux Archive consumes significant amount of resources, so old packages are cleaned up from time to time.

Jun 17, 2014 · I have recently installed Arch Linux and found that I am eating away at a lot of storage relatively quickly. For whatever reason I have already used 17GB in just about 2 weeks. I do not have a great deal of software installed so I am led to believe that all of the old packages are maintained somewhere.

Aug 14, 2008 · Registered: 2006-04-06. Posts: 734. Re: Where I download old versions packages for Arch? Actually there are some places that make old packages available. It looks like 2.6.25 kernels are here. I also remember seeing a thread somewhere here where someone was saving old packages that they would make available if you request, though I didn't find ...