# How do I access modules that aren't in the base install? PR #20848 for instance?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697 "2017-10-06T20:59:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Beckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@Christopher\_Beckley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Beckley)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697/1 "2017-10-06T20:59:23Z")

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I think Nosmoht’s oracle modules have been shipit-ed, but they’re not part of the Ansible install nor are they in the repo if I fork it.  
What’s the clean way to access and/or install those modules that have been released but aren’t part of the base install?

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697/2 "2017-10-06T21:17:55Z")

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PR 20848 [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/20848](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/20848) has a green icon with the text "Open" in it, that means that it's not merged yet.

And by reading the comments it seams to a lot of issues with the PR that the author need to address before it will be merged.

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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Beckley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@Christopher\_Beckley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Beckley)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697/3 "2017-10-09T12:51:22Z")

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Ah, I see. So, in general, once things are clean, the get merged into the out-of-the-box install?  
So there are no extra modules somewhere that can be included post install?

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-access-modules-that-arent-in-the-base-install-pr-20848-for-instance/25697/4 "2017-10-09T15:24:18Z")

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> Ah, I see. So, in general, once things are clean, the get merged into the  
> out-of-the-box install?

Yes.  
And it might go faster if people from the community test modules in PRs and give feedback since this lessen the load on the reviewer.

> So there are no extra modules somewhere that can be included post install?

No. But you can test/install the module locally.  
Just create a directory called library in the same directory you have your playbooks and copy the module(s) in there.  
Link to the documentation about it  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro\_configuration.html#library](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_configuration.html#library)