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title: "How to switch back and forth between Play! Framework Versions"
date: 2013-03-05T21:12:26+00:00
author: "poornerd"
tags: ["howto"]
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When I first read about the Play Version Manager I first thought it was some sort of tool for versioning.

When Play! Framework 2.1.0 came out, I finally realized that it was a tool for switching back and forth between various Play! Framework versions.

So download the Play Version Manager from github: <a href="https://github.com/kaiinkinen/pvm" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/github.com');" target="_blank">https://github.com/kaiinkinen/pvm</a>

You can do things like &#8220;**pvm use 2.1.0**&#8221; or &#8220;**pvm use 2.0.4**&#8220;.

Here are some of the supported commands:
  
``

    
    $ pvm [tab][tab]
    alias          copy-packages  help           
    list           run            uninstall      
    version        clear-cache    deactivate     
    install        ls             unalias        
    use
    

So, download it, and give it a try.