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     3[wiki:howto <- Back to the HOWTO section]
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     5= How to install an older version of a port =
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     7 * Audience: Anyone needing an older version of a port than is currently available in the repository
     8 * Requires: MacPorts >=1.7
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     10== Introduction ==
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    112MacPorts does not include a feature to let you install an older version of a port. It only lets you install the current version of the port that has been created by the port author.
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    3 To install an older version of the port, you'll have to manually download the files from the repository. [browser:trunk/dports Browse the repository] to find the directory of the port you want, then use the Revision Log link in the upper right to find the older version that you want to install. For example, if you wanted to install the older 8.4.16 version of tcl, browse to the [browser:trunk/dports/lang/tcl lang/tcl] directory and look at its [log:trunk/dports/lang/tcl revision log]. Here you'll note that tcl was updated to 8.5.0 in r32235, so you want the revision before that, which was r30810. Click the [browser:trunk/dports/lang/tcl@30810 @30810] link in the revision log (not the [30810] link) to see the directory as it existed in that revision. Click the Portfile to see it, then download it to disk using the Original Format link at the bottom of the page. The tcl port doesn't have a `files` directory, but if it did, you should download each file within it as well, and place them in a `files` directory on your disk in the same place where you downloaded the Portfile. Finally, use the Terminal to `cd` to the directory where you downloaded the Portfile and type "`sudo port install`".
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     16=== Step 1: '''Finding the right revision''' ===
     17To install an older version of the port, you'll have to manually download the files from the repository. [browser:trunk/dports Browse the repository] to find the directory of the port you want, then use the Revision Log link in the upper right to find the older version that you want to install. For example, if you wanted to install the older 8.4.16 version of tcl, browse to the [browser:trunk/dports/lang/tcl lang/tcl] directory and look at its [log:trunk/dports/lang/tcl revision log]. Here you'll note that tcl was updated to 8.5.0 in r32235, so you want the revision before that, which was r30810. Click the [browser:trunk/dports/lang/tcl@30810 @30810] link in the revision log (not the [30810] link) to see the directory as it existed in that revision.
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     19=== Step 2: '''Getting the Portfile''' ===
     20Click the Portfile to see it, then download it to disk using the Original Format link at the bottom of the page. The tcl port doesn't have a `files` directory, but if it did, you should download each file within it as well, and place them in a `files` directory on your disk in the same place where you downloaded the Portfile.
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     22=== Step 3: '''Building the dowloaded port''' ===
     23Finally, use the Terminal to `cd` to the directory where you downloaded the Portfile and type "`sudo port install`".
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