# Setup module finding package information

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-module-finding-package-information/23902>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 7, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-module-finding-package-information/23902 "2017-03-07T16:15:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drew\_Mullen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Drew\_Mullen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Drew_Mullen)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-module-finding-package-information/23902/1 "2017-03-07T16:15:20Z")

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Can the setup module provide information like:

> - is java install?
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> - which versions are installed?
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> - where are they installed?

I noticed in my first test run of the module that python is investigated but didn’t see other software / tools (or in the source code).

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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:** [March 9, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/setup-module-finding-package-information/23902/2 "2017-03-09T12:10:40Z")

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Not out of the box, but you add facts yourself with local facts  
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_variables.html#local-facts-facts-d](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_variables.html#local-facts-facts-d)