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I you install in a side directory tree, you can allow the necessary code to find the older libs using $LD_LIBRARY_PATH and -L, but you may need to run them in a wrapper script that feeds them the right $LD_LIBRARY_PATH libs.
Usually, you get a newer application to match your O/S.