diff --git a/checks/packages.go b/checks/packages.go
index da8848c..ee194bb 100644
--- a/checks/packages.go
+++ b/checks/packages.go
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 package checks
 
 import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive/chkutil"
 	"github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive/errutil"
 	"github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive/tabular"
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
-	"os/exec"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
+	gossresource "github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/resource"
+	gosssystem "github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/system"
+	gossutil "github.com/aelsabbahy/goss/util"
 )
 
 // TODO implement package managers as interfaces
@@ -230,10 +234,10 @@ func existsRepoWithProperty(prop string, val *regexp.Regexp, manager string) (in
 #### RepoExists
 Description: Is this repo present?
 Parameters:
-  - Pakage manager: rpm | dpkg | pacman
-  - Regexp (regexp): Regexp to match the name of the repo
+- Pakage manager: rpm | dpkg | pacman
+- Regexp (regexp): Regexp to match the name of the repo
 Example parameters:
-  - "base", "firefox-[nN]ightly"
+- "base", "firefox-[nN]ightly"
 */
 
 type RepoExists struct {
@@ -267,12 +271,12 @@ func (chk RepoExists) Status() (int, string, error) {
 #### RepoExistsURI
 Description: Is a repo with this URI present?
 Parameters:
-  - Pakage manager: rpm | dpkg | pacman
-  - Regexp (regexp): Regexp to match the URI of the repo
+- Pakage manager: rpm | dpkg | pacman
+- Regexp (regexp): Regexp to match the URI of the repo
 Example parameters:
-  - "http://my-repo.example.com", "/path/to/repo"
+- "http://my-repo.example.com", "/path/to/repo"
 Depedencies:
-  - dpkg | pacman
+- dpkg | pacman
 */
 
 type RepoExistsURI struct {
@@ -306,11 +310,11 @@ func (chk RepoExistsURI) Status() (int, string, error) {
 #### PacmanIgnore
 Description: Are upgrades to this package ignored by pacman?
 Parameters:
-  - Package (string): Name of the package
+- Package (string): Name of the package
 Example parameters:
-  - node, python, etcd
+- node, python, etcd
 Depedencies:
-  - pacman, specifically /etc/pacman.conf
+- pacman, specifically /etc/pacman.conf
 */
 
 type PacmanIgnore struct{ pkg string }
@@ -347,11 +351,11 @@ func (chk PacmanIgnore) Status() (int, string, error) {
 #### Installed
 Description: Is this package Installed?
 Parameters:
-  - Package (string): Name of the package
+- Package (string): Name of the package
 Example parameters:
-  - node, python, etcd
+- node, python, etcd
 Depedencies:
-  - pacman | dpkg | rpm
+- pacman | dpkg | rpm | apk
 */
 
 type Installed struct{ pkg string }
@@ -367,29 +371,23 @@ func (chk Installed) New(params []string) (chkutil.Check, error) {
 }
 
 func (chk Installed) Status() (int, string, error) {
-	name := getManager()
-	options := managers[name]
-	cmd := exec.Command(name, options, chk.pkg)
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	outstr := string(out)
-	var msg string
-	switch {
-	case err == nil && (name == "rpm" || name == "pacman"):
-		return errutil.Success()
-	// failures due to mising package
-	case name == "dpkg" && strings.Contains(outstr, "not installed"):
-	case name == "pacman" && strings.Contains(outstr, "not found"):
-	case name == "rpm" && strings.Contains(outstr, "not installed"):
-		msg := "Package was not found:"
-		msg += "\n\tPackage name: " + chk.pkg
-		msg += "\n\tPackage manager: " + name
-		msg += "\n\tCommand output: " + outstr
-		return 1, msg, nil
-	// failures that were not due to packages not being installed
-	case err != nil:
-		errutil.ExecError(cmd, outstr, err)
+	var pkg gosssystem.Package
+	switch gosssystem.DetectPackageManager() {
+	case "deb":
+		pkg = gosssystem.NewDebPackage(chk.pkg, nil, gossutil.Config{})
+	case "apk":
+		pkg = gosssystem.NewAlpinePackage(chk.pkg, nil, gossutil.Config{})
+	case "pacman":
+		pkg = gosssystem.NewPacmanPackage(chk.pkg, nil, gossutil.Config{})
 	default:
+		pkg = gosssystem.NewRpmPackage(chk.pkg, nil, gossutil.Config{})
+	}
+	// initialize the package
+	pkg2, err := gossresource.NewPackage(pkg, gossutil.Config{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return 1, "", err
+	} else if pkg2.Installed {
 		return errutil.Success()
 	}
-	return 1, msg, nil
+	return 1, "Package not found", nil
 }
diff --git a/checks/users-and-groups_test.go b/checks/users-and-groups_test.go
index bcde8a6..e1f16e4 100644
--- a/checks/users-and-groups_test.go
+++ b/checks/users-and-groups_test.go
@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@ func TestGroupID(t *testing.T) {
 	testCheck(goodEggs, badEggs, GroupID{}, t)
 }
 
-func TestLookupUser(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	user, err := lookupUser("root")
-	user2, err2 := lookupUser("0")
-	msg := "Couldn't successfully lookup root user"
-	if user == nil || err != nil {
-		msg += "\n\tUsername: root"
-		msg += "\n\tError: " + err.Error()
-		t.Error(msg)
-	} else if user2 == nil || err2 != nil {
-		msg += "\n\tUID: 0"
-		msg += "\n\tError: " + err2.Error()
-		t.Error(msg)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestUserExists(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	testParameters(names, notLengthOne, UserExists{}, t)
@@ -73,16 +57,6 @@ func TestUserHasGID(t *testing.T) {
 	testCheck(goodEggs, badEggs, UserHasGID{}, t)
 }
 
-func TestUserHasUsername(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	validInputs := reverseAppendParameter(names, "0")
-	invalidInputs := notLengthTwo
-	goodEggs := [][]string{[]string{"0", "root"}} // not always true
-	badEggs := appendParameter(names, "nonsense")
-	testParameters(validInputs, invalidInputs, UserHasUsername{}, t)
-	testCheck(goodEggs, badEggs, UserHasUsername{}, t)
-}
-
 func TestUserHasHomeDir(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	validInputs := appendParameter(names, "/home/")
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 74600a9..089365d 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 hash: 96c6cc063222cd885c21f622b7830fc4bee8fb3aae2998c8f0768dcf064703a4
-updated: 2016-03-30T11:10:31.005910067-07:00
+updated: 2016-04-11T14:42:58.639851742-07:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/aelsabbahy/GOnetstat
   version: 2907f74398ebea717cab8187513bee184b1fdd26
 - name: github.com/aelsabbahy/goss
-  version: d28f3cc6d708fb012ea614acf712eb56712a7de3
+  version: 105a300d709ac0a9618b5251c3421df88beb6266
   subpackages:
   - system
   - util
+  - resource
+- name: github.com/cheekybits/genny
+  version: 670ed678f7799e3ead194eaf9a0848920a494889
+  subpackages:
+  - generic
 - name: github.com/codegangsta/cli
   version: 565493f259bf868adb54d45d5f4c68d405117adf
 - name: github.com/coreos/go-systemd
@@ -41,6 +46,20 @@ imports:
   version: 0dd3f918b21bec95ace9dc86c7e70266cfc5c702
 - name: github.com/mitchellh/panicwrap
   version: 1655d88c8ff7495ae9d2c19fd8f445f4657e22b0
+- name: github.com/onsi/gomega
+  version: c72df929b80ef4930aaa75d5e486887ff2f3e06a
+  subpackages:
+  - types
+  - internal/assertion
+  - internal/asyncassertion
+  - internal/testingtsupport
+  - matchers
+  - internal/oraclematcher
+  - format
+  - matchers/support/goraph/bipartitegraph
+  - matchers/support/goraph/edge
+  - matchers/support/goraph/node
+  - matchers/support/goraph/util
 - name: github.com/opencontainers/runc
   version: 519529febe2e0acb14e39cf54112c292ccb2eabe
   subpackages: