Scoop: install previous versions

[pawelkuras]

While you can install an app of a particular version using:
scoop install <app>@<version>
this will only work if you don't already have a newer version of the app installed.

It would be nice to be able to:

1. install an older version of the app, but maybe not update the current version (or prompt the user). This is useful for checking if a feature existed in an older version of an app, especially if you tend to use
   scoop cleanup
   a lot.

1. switch your current version of the app using syntax similar to the version install syntax:
   ie. scoop reset <app>@<version>
   instead of the syntax described here

I uninstalled idea-ultimate (was on most recent 2018.1.3), and was able to install an old version using scoop install <app>@<version>, but now I can't update it to the most recent, see:

scoop update idea-ultimate
idea-ultimate: 2017.1.6 (latest version)
Latest versions for all apps are installed! For more information try 'scoop status'

[r15ch13]

Does scoop update idea-ultimate -f work?

[pawelkuras]

@r15ch13 well that worked at getting me back up to 2018.1.3, thanks. Are these options documented anywhere? Coming back to the 2 feature requests; I think they still stand, as it's unfortunate that to install a previous version of an app you need to:
1) uninstall the existing app
2) install the old version of the app
and to bring it back to the new one, you have to use the -f option

[r15ch13]

scoop reset <app>@<version> is possible. The wiki is lacking this information.

[pawelkuras]

cool, good to know. So I guess the only thing missing is installing an old version of an app.

[rasa]

This appears to be resolved. If not, please reopen.