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Can I install an older version of a specific package from a ppa? Specifically, I want to get an older version of xserver-xorg-video-intel (and dependencies) from xorg-edgers ppa. The reason is that the older version seemed to work with my hardware. The present version seems to feature (I would like to found out if it is really the source) severe crashes as the present stable releases of this package do. I tried 

apt-get install pkg=version

but didn't succeed. I am afraid that the packages in the cache are lost after

apt-get clean

I do not even know the precise version number of the previous version, assuming that it doesn't have to be exactly one less. The current version is xserver-xorg-video-intel-2.20.15 Alternatively: Is there a place, e.g. at launchpad, where I can manually download the previous version of the package?

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I don't think that old ppa-packages are available at all. If you don't find the deb-Package you have to build it yourself from source. – FSMaxB Dec 20 '12 at 18:17
That's bad news ... The package had a lot of strict dependencies - including the kernel, I think. – highsciguy Dec 20 '12 at 18:22

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