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Downgrading openssl on Centos

Hi,

I recently just installed centos, but it appears that when i installed it v 0.9.8e was installed consequently, all the lib's etc. are /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8e instead of an ordinary /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 etc. and this is causing some problems for me, as programs are looking for /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8, and even if i symlink/copy/move /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8e to /lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 there are still some errors occurring.

I had been reading that supposedly yum is meant to have a "yum downgrade" option, however it doesnt appeart o be recognised when i run it on my centos server.

Any assistance wouldbe greatly appreciated.

I will look into downgrading OpenSSL on CentOS, but in the meantime, have you read the yum manpage?

Code:

$ man yum

EDIT:

I found this for you on ServerFault. Basically, here is the command you are looking for:

Code:

# yum --allow-downgrade install desired_openssl_package

Hi,

Unfortunately this did not work for me:

Code:

Command line error: no such option: --allow-downgrade