# Listing installed packages **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 14, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/listing-installed-packages/35871 "2021-10-14T17:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![harry\_devine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/harry_devine/32/5293_2.png) [@harry\_devine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harry_devine)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/listing-installed-packages/35871/1 "2021-10-14T17:21:45Z")
I know I can use the package\_facts module to retrieve a list of installed packages, but I’m having trouble formatting these. I’d like to format it similar to the following: Package: Version: Currently I’m doing the following (I’m showing only httpd but ultimately I’d like to list out ALL installed packages: ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/listing-installed-packages/35871/2 "2021-10-14T17:53:11Z")
You can use templating to have it on one line... But be careful : - you can have more than one version of a package installed. Example: kernel - you can have one x86\_64 and one i686 or i386 version of a package installed Regards, ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/listing-installed-packages/35871/3 "2021-10-14T17:54:04Z")
This very question was asked (and answered) a few weeks ago: [https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project/c/FsrlY\_57hfo/m/x8jt7LMuBQAJ](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project/c/FsrlY_57hfo/m/x8jt7LMuBQAJ)