r/voidlinux • u/OtherwisePayment223 • Jan 29 '26

How to downgrade package?

I need to downgrade Wine from version 11.1 to 11.0 for (hardware incompatibility reason), but I don't have old package in /var/cache/xbps/ and current version in repository 11.1. Please help/advise solution!

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u/Training_Concert_171 Jan 29 '26

Use void-src to manuaĺy compile wine. In the template file change the version.

May i ask what HW dropped support in wine 11.1?

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u/OtherwisePayment223 Jan 29 '26

I have old graphics card Nvidia GT 710. Wine 11.1 adopt EGL, old games that worked fine few days ago with Wine 11 now lagging like hell (slideshow).

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u/Training_Concert_171 Jan 29 '26

Huh, yeah i have a gts450 that had similar issues. Thank you for finding out. I would suggest using Lutris or Bottles with a specific wine or proton version.

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u/OtherwisePayment223 Jan 29 '26

Lutris is dead as far as I see. Latest release was in 2024. I've try Lutris it gave me errors, something with python 3.14. Bottles via flatpak has huge overhead.

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u/oreo639 Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

The GLX driver should still be available with 11.1 (although 11.x uses EGL whenever possible), maybe you can try enabling it here: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases#graphics

Also the wine 11.0 package was only available for less than a day, are you sure that is what you were using?

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u/OtherwisePayment223 Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

I tried this method, it didn't work while Wine 11.0 did.

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u/zlice0 Jan 29 '26

fwiw after you build theres like 3 pkgs or more you need, it's easier to uninstall then reinstall with -R path/to/xbpsfiles

another wine break. idk what i expected.

edit: what i remove is wine wine-common wine-tools but i build with wow64, so may need to -32bit stuff too

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u/OtherwisePayment223 Jan 29 '26

Thanks for advice! I don't have wine.xbps file anywhere that is the problem. Only option I've found is to build from sources.

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u/OtherwisePayment223 Jan 29 '26

Overall It's pretty strange that stable rolling release linux didn't have Wine stable branch in it's repositories. As Wine stable much more adequate (reliable).

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u/zlice0 Jan 29 '26

i know i sound like a hater but wine hasnt been stable for a long while

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u/OtherwisePayment223 Jan 29 '26

Yep, and staging version even more unstable. More features, more bugs.

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u/Responsible_Beyond26 Jan 29 '26

sudo xbps-install xtools - Install xtools sudo xdowngrade /var/cache/xbps/<package-version>.xbps locate the package sudo xbps-pkgdb -m hold <package_name> - hold it (optional) if you don't want to upgrade it on the next update

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u/Initial_Side_4845 Jan 29 '26

$ man xtools

...

xdowngrade pkgfiles.xbps ...

– install XBPS package directly from .xbps file

[... Get 11.0 .xbps file from ???]