How can I instruct yum to install a specific version of package X if package X is not available in list?

Question

Below is available package-

Available Packages haproxy.x86_64 1.5.18-9.el7_9.1 rhel-7-server-rhui-rpms

Answer 1

Check for available packages of any application.

$ yum --showduplicates list haproxy | expand
[4abc@xyz abc]$ yum --showduplicates list haproxy | expand
Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:34 ago on Fri 18 Nov 2022 12:12:51 PM UTC.
Available Packages
haproxy.x86_64                      1.8.27-5.el8                       appstream

Ex:

yum --showduplicates list iptables-services | expand

Output:

Last metadata expiration check: 0:50:05 ago on Fri 04 Nov 2022 10:45:21 AM UTC.
Available Packages
iptables-services.x86_64                   1.8.4-22.el8                   baseos

Then run command with version of available package:

sudo yum install <package name>-<version info>

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