# Install old Crossover version

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**Category:** Applications\
**Created:** [November 23, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/install-old-crossover-version/20253 "2021-11-23T00:35:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericireland](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ericireland/32/28463_2.png) [@ericireland](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ericireland)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/install-old-crossover-version/20253/1 "2021-11-23T00:35:45Z")

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I installed Crossover from AUR using yay -S crossover. When Crossover updated to a new version, I couldn’t use it anymore because my license was for the old version.

So, I want to revert to version 20.0.4 of Crossover. I had a look in the Arch wiki, and it says [“Old AUR packages can be built by checking out an old commit in the AUR package Git repository.”](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages#Rebuild_the_package)

How do I do that? Is there an easy way I can do it using yay? And how to I prevent yay from updating Crossover again when I type `yay -Syu` ?

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**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/install-old-crossover-version/20253/2 "2021-11-23T01:28:25Z")

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First, check your yay cache in `~/.cache/yay/crossover` and see if you have a package for the old version there. If so, install it with `yay -U /path/to/package`

If not, try downloading the 3 files from [here](https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/?h=crossover&id=b68006d82e21fb38e331d8593392c570b586ef40) into a folder. Then open a terminal cd into that folder and type `makepkg -si`

> [@ericireland](#):
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> how to I prevent yay from updating Crossover again when I type `yay -Syu` ?

Add the package name to the `Ignorepkg` line in `/etc/pacman.conf`. Also remove the `#` from the beginning of the line if there is one.

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**Author:** ![ericireland](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ericireland/32/28463_2.png) [@ericireland](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ericireland)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/install-old-crossover-version/20253/3 "2021-11-23T01:47:32Z")

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Thanks a lot! It worked.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/install-old-crossover-version/20253/4 "2021-11-25T01:47:41Z")

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