Install specific version of a package on debian based OS
Often happens that we need to install a specific version of a package either for testing or other reasons. Before we install a specific version of a package we need it's complete version. This will be displayed when we run:
apt-cache showpkg <package name>
This will output different versions To install the specific version simply run run:
apt-get install <package name>=<version>
For example:
apt-get install subversion-tools=1.3.2-5~bpo1