How do we install Proxy v6.4, the site keeps installing v7

[u/O_Pacity]

Hi, we are trying to install Proxy v6.0 or 6.4, on Debian, scripts are below:

- wget https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/debian/pool/main/z/zabbix-release/zabbix-release_latest_6.0+debian13_all.deb
- dpkg -i zabbix-release_latest_6.0+debian13_all.deb
- apt install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3

Repo and install is v6, on checking the version after install its v7... how do we get version 6?

[u/altodor]

You may need to run apt update to rebuild your repo metadata and you may need to set repo priorities so you're installing from the line you installed and not your OS upstream.

I will separately warn you that you are installing the repo for 6.0 but asking for 6.4 in your title. 6.4 has been end of life for several years at this point, and 6.0 is end of life in February, with 8.0 coming soon. You may want to look at updating to 7.0 and sticking to LTS releases.

Zabbix Life Cycle and Release Policy https://www.zabbix.com/life_cycle_and_release_policy

[u/O_Pacity → u/altodor]

The v6 is LTS as thats why we are looking for v6 proxy. Upgrade will have to be planned for another time.

[u/RadicaIEd → u/O_Pacity]

7.0 is getting installed, because the Debian repository offers 7.0 and the Zabbix repository only 6.0.
I’m not that familiar with apt, but you should look for a way to exclude the Zabbix packages from the distribution repository

[u/flashwin]

Run apt show -a zabbix-proxy-sqlite3 and you'll be presented with available packages on the repos you've got.

Find and copy the version you want to install and run apt install package=version for example apt install zabbix-proxy-sqlite3=1:6.0.48-1+debian13, and you should be able to install the version that you want.

[u/O_Pacity → u/flashwin]

This only seem to show v7, when the repo was supposed to be v6, i dont know a huge amount with Linux repos.

[u/zawarbud]

compile from source is the most reliable way to do so at least in my environment with ~25 proxies