Install older version of package on ubuntu/debian

Intro

I had a problem installing gitlab-ce a newer version, because it was a mayor update you first needed to install a older version.

Fixing it

[mermaid] flowchart TD start([Start]) –> step1(apt-get update) –> step2(apt-cache show gitlab-ce | grep Version) –> step3(apt-get install gitlab-ce=14.0.12-ce.0) –> step4(apt-get install gitlab-ce) –> finish([Finished]) [/mermaid]

So in text

• apt-get update
• apt-cache show <package_name>
• apt-get install <package_name>=
• apt-get install <package_name>

Later,

Richard