# Getting mender-client 3.5.2 instead of the newly stable 4.0.0 until breaking rename changes are handled

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-mender-client-3-5-2-instead-of-the-newly-stable-4-0-0-until-breaking-rename-changes-are-handled/6493>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** mender-client\
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-mender-client-3-5-2-instead-of-the-newly-stable-4-0-0-until-breaking-rename-changes-are-handled/6493 "2024-01-18T13:10:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![pseyfert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@pseyfert](https://hub.mender.io/u/pseyfert)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-mender-client-3-5-2-instead-of-the-newly-stable-4-0-0-until-breaking-rename-changes-are-handled/6493/1 "2024-01-18T13:10:35Z")

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Hi,

looking at my logs it seems like `apt install mender-client` from the stable ubuntu repo

```auto
deb [arch=arm64, signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/downloads-mender-io.gpg] https://downloads.mender.io/repos/debian ubuntu/focal/stable main

```

it looks like the package is empty:

```auto
dpkg -c mender-client_4.0.0-1+ubuntu+focal_amd64.deb 12:59:29
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-01-15 16:01 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-01-15 16:01 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-01-15 16:01 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-01-15 16:01 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2024-01-15 16:01 ./usr/share/doc/mender-client/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 171 2024-01-15 16:01 ./usr/share/doc/mender-client/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 10351 2024-01-15 16:01 ./usr/share/doc/mender-client/copyright

```

from my logs it seems the bump 3.5.2→4.0.0 was in the last 3 days.

iiuc the systemd service `mender-client` is now `mender-updated` and the cli `mender` is now `mender-update`. and `mender-updated` is a dependency of `mender-client`, so apt package wise that’s a nice transition, but it broke everything on my end that relies on calling the cli tool, interacts with the systemd unit through `systemctl` or relies on the paths of the systemd service files.

To buy me some time to absorb that breaking change, i tried to pin the version in my image generation by changing `apt-get install mender-client` to `apt-get install mender-client=3.5.2` buuuuut that version doesn’t appear to be in the apt repository anymore.

Do you have an alternative apt url with the 3.x version of mender client? (or alternatively the old .deb file for 3.5.2 on arm64 as download?)

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-mender-client-3-5-2-instead-of-the-newly-stable-4-0-0-until-breaking-rename-changes-are-handled/6493/2 "2024-01-18T13:27:58Z")

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Hi @pseyfert,

We are aware of the problems with the Debian repositories and working on a fix. In the meantime, you can pull the `deb` packages manually. The generic path is:

```auto
wget https://downloads.mender.io/repos/debian/pool/main/m/mender-client/mender-client_3.5.2-1+DIST+NAME_ARCH.deb

```

So for `arm64`, you can call

```auto
wget https://downloads.mender.io/repos/debian/pool/main/m/mender-client/mender-client_3.5.2-1+ubuntu+focal_arm64.deb

```

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Greets,  
Josef

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/getting-mender-client-3-5-2-instead-of-the-newly-stable-4-0-0-until-breaking-rename-changes-are-handled/6493/3 "2024-01-18T20:15:12Z")

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@pseyfert

Please see [Update and statement on the Mender Client 4.0 Debian package incident](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-and-statement-on-the-mender-client-4-0-debian-package-incident/6497) for more details.