The following is a step by step if you want to run an specific version of Flutter within a project.
First choose the version you would like to install and cache on your machine.
This will install version 1.17.4 and cache locally.
> fvm install 1.17.4
Go into the project directory
> cd path/to/project
Set the project to use the version that you have installed.
> fvm use 1.17.4