package_facts – package information as facts

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• Return information about installed packages as facts

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
manager -	Choices: auto ← rpm apt	The package manager used by the system so we can query the package information

Examples

- name: get the rpm package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: "auto"

- name: show them
  debug: var=ansible_facts.packages

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Fact	Returned	Description
packages dictionary	when operating system level package manager is specified or auto detected manager	list of dicts with package information

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Matthew Jones
• Brian Coca
• Adam Miller

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