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(Observing Gentoo user is puzzled by the notion of a package manager that can't handle downgrades correctly without third-party assistance.)
Why not just grab the previous PKGBUILD version that worked?
Instead installing older version that is either unsecure, or can cause dependency problems, I rather install Flatpak: https://flathub.org/en/apps/one.ablaze.floorp
Arch saves many previous packages in .cache and to clean them use pacman -Sc . Just properly test current running system before cleaning it.
This is why I use btrfs/snapper with pacman hooks
BTW there is also the package (Bash script) downgrade to do this job. It is in official EndevourOS repositories, but also in the AUR. And if you want do it manually, head over to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Downgrading_packages .
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2025
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