# Is packaging module a part of Core?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-packaging-module-a-part-of-core/24108>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [March 30, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-packaging-module-a-part-of-core/24108 "2017-03-30T23:50:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Wang\_Hao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Wang\_Hao](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wang_Hao)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-packaging-module-a-part-of-core/24108/1 "2017-03-30T23:50:34Z")

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I saw there are two different files with the same name under lib/ansible/modules/core/packaging/os/apt.py and lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py.

Is apt module managed by Core and also 3rd party? This question is from this PR, [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/22232#issuecomment-290573934](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/22232#issuecomment-290573934).

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Clay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@Matt\_Clay](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Clay)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-packaging-module-a-part-of-core/24108/2 "2017-03-31T00:12:39Z")

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Starting with `stable-2.3`, modules have been moved from `lib/ansible/modules/core/` and `lib/ansible/modules/extras/` to just `lib/ansible/modules/`.