homebrew - how to install older versions

Question

I\'m trying to install memcached with older versions (ex: 1.4.5) but I\'m not sure how to do it.

brew install memcached installs the latest.

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Answer 1

A more expanded version of the good answer from Adrian is also here on SO.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/53766019/3794873

One thing to keep in mind is that if you are installing an older Formula the Homebrew API/methods may have changed since that time so you should brew edit appFormula against the current version and compare to the brew edit app@your.version if you encounter any errors trying to brew install app@your.version after the brew extract command in the answer linked.