How to install a specific version of package using Composer

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I am trying to install a specific version of a package using Composer  I tried composer install and composer require but they are installing the latest version of the package  What if I want an older version

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As  alucic mentioned  use   composer require vendor package version   or you can use   composer update vendor package version   You should probably review this StackOverflow post about differences between composer install and composer update   Related to question about version numbers  you can review Composer documentation on versions  but here in short    Tilde Version Range     -  1 2 3 is equivalent to   1 2 3  lt 1 3 0 Caret Version Range     -  1 2 3 is equivalent to   1 2 3  lt 2 0 0   So  with Tilde you will get automatic updates of patches but minor and major versions will not be updated  However  if you use Caret you will get patches and minor versions  but you will not get major  breaking changes  versions   Tilde Version is considered a  safer  approach  but if you are using reliable dependencies  well-maintained libraries  you should not have any problems with Caret Version  because minor changes should not be breaking changes

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composer require vendor package version  for example   composer require refinery29 test-util 0 10 2

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just use php composer phar require    For example    php composer phar require doctrine mongodb-odm-bundle 3 0   Also available with install   https   getcomposer org doc 03-cli md require https   getcomposer org doc 03-cli md install

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Add double quotes to use caret operator in version number   composer require middlewares whoops   0 4

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I tried to require a development branch from a different repository and not the latest version and I had the same issue and non of the above worked for me    after a while I saw in the documentation that in cases of dev branch you need to require with a  dev-  prefix to the version and the following worked perfectly  composer require  vendorName   packageName  dev- gitBranchName

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Suppose you want to install Laravel Collective  It s currently at version 6 x but you want version 5 8   You can run the following command   composer require  laravelcollective html    5 8 0    A good example is shown here in the documentation  https   laravelcollective com docs 5 5 html

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In your composer json  you can put          require              vendor package    version            then run composer install or composer update from the directory containing composer json   Sometimes  for me  composer is hinky  so I ll start with composer clear-cache  rm -rf vendor  rm composer lock before composer install to make sure it s getting fresh stuff     Of course  as the other answers point out you can run the following from the terminal   composer require vendor package version     And on versioning  - Composer s official versions article - Ecosia Search

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