diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/CentOS.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/CentOS.yml
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+- name: Update packages
+  yum: 
+    name: '*'
+    state: latest
+    update_cache: yes
+    update_only: yes
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10  
+
+- name: Remove packates not needed anymore
+  yum:
+    autoremove: yes   
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10
+
+- name: Install required packages
+  yum: 
+    state: latest 
+    update_cache: yes
+    pkg: "{{ item }}"
+  with_items:  "{{ required_packages }}" 
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10    
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diff --git a/roles/packages/vars/CentOS.yml b/roles/packages/vars/CentOS.yml
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+required_packages:
+    - htop
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