# Please define variables
packageName=<packageName>
packageVersion=<packageVersion>
# Create a new tab
brew tap-new local/$packageName
# Extract into local tap
brew extract --version=$packageVersion $packageName local/$packageName
# Verify packages is present
brew search $packageName@
# Run brew install@version as usual
brew install local/$packageName/$packageName@$packageVersion
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Brew install specific version / Locally freeze version
Hi @basejump,
I am always happy to help & share some things which really bugged me for example with brew 😎👍.
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Nice work! like so many things, simple once someone pieces it together. Thanks.
I made it into a bash script as we have similiar needs as @marcellodesales
Have not totally flushed it out but this has worked for a couple of packages we needed olds version for