# Downloading older releases: need to update "Older releases" link?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** package\
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015 "2019-11-04T21:10:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![fedorov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fedorov/32/14_2.png) [@fedorov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/fedorov)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015/1 "2019-11-04T21:10:22Z")

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For the second time in the last few months I had a need to download an older nightly of Slicer (as a way to mitigate surprises for the users).

Today, as before, my first instinct was to go to the “Older releases” link on [download.slicer.org](http://download.slicer.org), only to be reminded that it is useless (points to a Midas instance, with no folder for 4.11.0).

I suggest “Older releases” link should be changed to point to this wiki page instead: [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/General#Where\_can\_I\_download\_Slicer.3F](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/General#Where_can_I_download_Slicer.3F).

This entry should also be updated probably: [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/General#Where\_can\_I\_download\_older\_release\_of\_Slicer\_.3F](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/FAQ/General#Where_can_I_download_older_release_of_Slicer_.3F), but since I do not know how things are organized (it seems like new packages do not go to Midas, but it may also be that I just don’t know how to find them there), I don’t know what should be the actual instructions.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Horvath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sam_horvath/32/3092_2.png) [@Sam\_Horvath](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sam_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015/2 "2019-11-04T21:21:13Z")

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So, nightly packages are still uploaded to Midas, but to [this](http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/folder/251) folder, which unfortunately holds ALL of the Slicer4 nightlies, and so it’s pretty much unbrowsable.

You will probably get the best result locating older packages by searching for the package name / date, ex something like

> Slicer-4.11.0-2019-11-04

ex: [http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/search/index?q=Slicer-4.11.0-2019-11-04](http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/search/index?q=Slicer-4.11.0-2019-11-04), or by using the instructions in the first link FAQ link you posted

The “older release” current instructions (second FAQ link) are still correct, but only for actual releases, not nightly versions.

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**Author:** ![fedorov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fedorov/32/14_2.png) [@fedorov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/fedorov)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015/3 "2019-11-04T21:34:34Z")

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Thanks. If we keep the current “Older releases” link at [download.slicer.org](http://download.slicer.org), I hope those who need this functionality are able to find this thread.

In my case, the most useful is the ability to use `release` URL attribute - this allows me to easily locate the same package I have on my system and share it with the users.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Horvath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sam_horvath/32/3092_2.png) [@Sam\_Horvath](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sam_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015/4 "2019-11-04T21:38:32Z")

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I will look into adding a “older previews” link that will point to the FAQ

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**Author:** ![mhalle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mhalle](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mhalle)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015/5 "2019-11-05T00:44:50Z")

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Using the URL parameters for [download.slicer.org](http://download.slicer.org) as described in the FAQ, you can get nightly versions by setting stability=nightly or stability=any . I’ve confirmed it works. The date parameters also work to get nightlies.

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**Author:** ![mhalle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mhalle](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mhalle)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/downloading-older-releases-need-to-update-older-releases-link/9015/6 "2019-11-05T00:52:34Z")

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I’ve made this change to the older releases link.