# Version of package installed with apt?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/version-of-package-installed-with-apt/21006>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 29, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/version-of-package-installed-with-apt/21006 "2016-03-29T11:16:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/version-of-package-installed-with-apt/21006/1 "2016-03-29T11:16:26Z")

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Is there an elegant way to find out what the version of an installed package (say with the apt module) is?

I now have this code to get PostgreSQL’s configdir on Debian:

- name: required packages for PostgreSQL  
apt: name={{ item }} state=present  
with\_items:

- postgresql

- postgresql-client

- name: version of installed PostgeSQL server package  
shell: dpkg-query -W --showformat=‘${Version}’ postgresql | cut --delimiter=+ --fields=1  
register: pv  
changed\_when: False

- name: postgresql version  
set\_fact:  
postgresql\_version: “{{ pv.stdout }}”

- name: postgresql configdir  
set\_fact:  
postgresql\_configdir: “/etc/postgresql/{{ postgresql\_version }}/main”

But I find the dpkg-query|cut a bit ugly. Is there a better way?