Install specific version of package using ansible

Question

I want to install pexpect using Ansible.
I am using ansible.builtin.package module. But old version is getting installed. I need pexpect version >=3.3.

How can I achieve that using this module?

Answer 1

Using Fedora 35 as example, the syntax is <package_name>-<package_version>.

In this example I'm using ansible ad-hoc command for installing version 4.8.0-6.fc35 of the screen package. You have to replace <hostname> with the host you want to update.

ansible <hostname> -m package -a "name=screen-4.8.0-6.fc35 state=present" --become -K

The result of such command is.

hostname | CHANGED => {
    "ansible_facts": {
        "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3"
    },
    "changed": true,
    "msg": "",
    "rc": 0,
    "results": [
        "Installed: screen-4.8.0-6.fc35.x86_64"
    ]
}