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+title: Download Different Versions of Drupal with Drush
+date: 2013-12-31
+excerpt: How to download different versions of Drupal core using Drush.
+tags:
+  - drupal
+  - drupal-planet
+  - drush
+---
+
+If you use
+[Drush](https://raw.github.com/drush-ops/drush/master/README.md 'About Drush'),
+it's likely that you've used the `drush pm-download` (or `drush dl` for short)
+command to start a new project. This command downloads projects from Drupal.org,
+but if you don't specify a project or type "drush dl drupal", the command will
+download the current stable version of Drupal core. Currently, this will be
+Drupal 7 with that being the current stable version of core at the time of
+writing this post.
+
+But what if you don't want Drupal 7?
+
+I still maintain a number of Drupal 6 sites and occassionally need to download
+Drupal 6 core as opposed to Drupal 7. I'm also experimenting with Drupal 8 so I
+need to download that as well.
+
+By declarding the core version of Drupal, such as "drupal-6", Drush will
+download that instead.
+
+```language-bash
+$ drush dl drupal-6
+```
+
+This downloads the most recent stable version of Drupal 6. If you don't want
+that, you can add the --select and additionally the --all options to be
+presented with an entire list to chose from.
+
+```language-bash
+$ drush dl drupal-6 --select
+$ drush dl drupal-6 --select --all
+```
+
+If you want the most recent development version, just type:
+
+```language-bash
+$ drush dl drupal-6.x
+```
+
+The same can be done for other core versions of Drupal, from Drupal 5 upwards.
+
+```language-bash
+# This will download Drupal 5
+$ drush dl drupal-5
+# This will download Drupal 8
+$ drush dl drupal-8
+```
+
+For a full list of the available options, type "drush help pm-download" into a
+Terminal window or take a look at the entry on
+[drush.ws](http://drush.ws/#pm-download, 'The entry for pm-download on drush.ws').