[arch-general] howto remove old package version

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 19:43:14 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote:
>On 11/12/2016 02:59 PM, Damjan Georgievski via arch-general wrote:
>>> pacman -Syu
>>> :: Starting full system upgrade...
>>>
>>> warning: mesa: local (13.0.0rc2-2) is newer than extra (12.0.3-3.1)
>>> warning: mesa-libgl: local (13.0.0rc2-2) is newer than extra
>>> (12.0.3-3.1)
>>>
>>> how do i remove old version and install new with pacman,
>>> have tried pacman -R but had dependency problems.  
>> 
>> you should've mentioned that this is ArchLinux Arm
>> 
>> and yes, they reverted those packages (at leat on armv6 for
>> raspberrypi) I dunno why, don't even care
>> 
>> 
>>   
>
>That is why the epoch was created, why on earth aren't they using it?

Yes, if the upgrade should do it automatically. However, assuming the
OP just want's to downgrade, there's no need to remove with "-Rdd"
first and the force option I mentioned is completely irrelevant, a
simple "-S" should do the job. The OP should explain why a removal is
wanted.

[root at archlinux rocketmouse]# pacman -Syu
[snip]
warning: wine-rt: local (1.7.50-1) is newer than archaudio-production (1.7.45-1)
[snip]
[root at archlinux rocketmouse]# pacman -S wine-rt 
warning: downgrading package wine-rt (1.7.50-1 => 1.7.45-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) wine-rt-1.7.45-1

Total Download Size:    33.75 MiB
Total Installed Size:  319.64 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -8.58 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n