Dear my mentors!

I want to use specific old versions of the package, and through
searching, I found that 2013 version of Ubuntu iso use them.

I know I have to install something else, also, then Does Ubuntu install a newer version? even with old ISO?

If there are some ways to get old version package, How can I do that?

[EDIT 0] I need these packages and specific written version.
1. Binutils-2.12(<2.24)
2. GCC-4.1.2,G++ also(<4.8.3)
3. Glibc-2.2.5(<2.19)

I suspect that the best way to have old versions of the packages in question would be to use the newest old ISO image that still has those versions. You can dig through the list of package versions available in the currently supported Ubuntu releases online:

https://packages.ubuntu.com/

Preferably choose one that is still kind of supported if you can:

http://releases.ubuntu.com/

Otherwise dig through the abandoned Ubuntu versions:

http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/

However, the old-releases archive will give you an old, unsupported, dangerous version of Ubuntu. One that you must not connect to the net, but other than that you'll be able to update to the last version that was used when that old, unsupported, dangerous release of Ubuntu was still supported. A networkless virtual machine (VirtualBox or Qemu) should help with that.

The other way would be to try to port the old version of those packages in parallel to the ones you need to keep your system running. I don't think that would be worth the time or effort or mess.

Hi:

I don't recommend installing old pkg's for an old iso.

An old .iso means an outdated distribution that is no longer supported for one. And, two; there would be too many security vulnerabilities as well.

Your best bet is to perform a fresh installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS--
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

If you really need an old pkg you can do a Ubuntu package search.
I think the oldest pkg's your going to find are from the Trusty repo for Ubuntu 14.04.

https://packages.ubuntu.com/

First thing to try is whether the old packages install without conflicts. It is quite normal to have multiple GCC's installed.

To install old packages, add the old repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list. Do a apt-get update. While installing, specify the version.
In order to discover the right name and version for the package, do
(You have to search around a bit to discover that glibc is in the libc6. apt-cache search is your friend)

Alternatively you can track down and download the .deb files and install them with dpkg. But dpkg does not install the dependencies automatically. Apt-get -f install won't work if you do not have the correct repos installed, so you have to install them anyway.

There is a fair chance that installing old versions will work if your installation is not too old. Some packages cannot co-exist and require you remove newer versions. Usually that is a dead end, because you end up removes hundreds of dependencies.

I just don't know how to add repos to Ubuntu. I am a Debian person and maybe Ubuntu designed something more user friendly (=opaque, less transparant, automatic, less option)

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Awesome! Thanks for all resources and tips!
Now I have more things to study! Good!

Thanks again!

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