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[ '0.0.0-fake',
'0.0.1',
'0.0.2',
'0.0.3',
'0.0.4',
'0.0.5',
'0.0.6',
'0.0.7',
'0.0.8',
'0.0.9',
'0.1.0',
'0.1.1',
'0.1.2',
'0.1.3',
'0.1.4',
'0.1.5',
'0.1.6',
'0.1.7',
'0.1.8',
'0.1.9',
'0.1.10',
'0.1.11',
'0.1.12',
'0.1.13',
'0.1.14',
'2.2.0',
'2.3.0',
'2.3.1',
'2.3.2',
'2.3.3',
'2.3.5',
'2.3.6',
'2.4.0',
'2.4.1',
'2.4.2',
'2.4.3',
'2.4.4',
'2.4.5',
'2.4.6',
'2.4.7',
'2.4.8',
'2.4.9',
'2.4.10',
'2.5.0',
'2.5.2',
'2.5.3',
'2.5.4',
'2.5.5',
'2.6.0',
'2.6.1',
'2.6.2',
'2.7.0-rc.1',
'2.7.1-rc.1',
'2.7.2',
'2.7.3',
'2.7.4',
'2.8.0',
'2.8.1',
'2.8.2',
'2.8.3',
'2.8.4',
'2.8.5',
'2.8.6',
'2.8.7',
'2.8.8',
'2.8.9',
'2.8.10',
'2.8.11',
'2.8.12',
'2.8.13',
'2.8.14',
'2.8.15',
'2.8.16',
'2.8.17',
'2.8.18',
'2.8.19',
'2.8.20',
'2.8.21',
'2.8.22',
'2.8.23',
'2.8.24',
'2.8.25',
'2.9.0-rc1',
'2.9.0',
'2.9.1',
'2.9.2',
'2.9.3',
'2.9.4',
'2.9.5',
'2.9.6',
'2.9.7',
'3.0.0-rc1',
'3.0.0-rc1-1',
'3.0.0-rc1-3',
'3.0.0',
'3.0.1',
'3.0.2',
'3.0.3',
'3.0.4',
'3.0.5',
'3.0.6',
'3.0.7',
'3.0.8',
'3.0.9',
'3.0.10',
'3.1.0-0.1.0',
'3.1.0-0.2.0',
'3.2.0-0.1.0',
'3.2.0-0.2.0',
'3.2.0-0.3.0',
'3.2.0-0.4.0',
'3.2.0-rc.1',
'3.3.0-0.1.1',
'3.3.0-rc.1',
'3.3.1-0.1.2',
'3.3.1-0.3.0',
'3.3.1-0.3.1',
'3.3.1-0.4.1',
'3.3.1-0.4.2',
'3.4.0-0.1.0',
'3.4.0-0.1.1',
'3.4.0-0.1.2',
'3.4.0-0.1.3',
'3.4.1-0.1.0',
'3.5.0-0.2.0',
'3.5.0-0.2.1',
'3.5.0-0.2.2',
'3.5.0-0.2.3',
'3.5.0-0.2.4',
'3.5.0-0.2.6',
'3.5.0-0.2.7',
'3.6.0-0.2.8',
'3.6.0-0.2.9',
'3.6.1-0.2.10',
'3.6.3-0.2.11',
'3.6.3-0.2.12',
'3.6.3-0.2.13',
'4.0.0',
'4.0.1',
'4.1.0',
'4.1.1',
'4.1.2',
'4.1.3-nightly.2014.10.21',
'4.2.0',
'4.3.0',
'4.3.1',
'5.0.0',
'5.1.1',
'5.2.0',
'5.3.1',
'5.3.3',
'5.4.0' ]
Eso debería enumerar las versiones antiguas del paquete que está buscando; en este caso, el paquete es "cordova".
Luego, puede instalar lo que desee utilizando el comando npm install que elija para instalar.