diff --git a/internal/resource/http.go b/internal/resource/http.go
index 15755d3..b9a332e 100644
--- a/internal/resource/http.go
+++ b/internal/resource/http.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package resource
 
 import (
 	"context"
-_	"errors"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io"
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ const (
 	HTTPTypeName TypeName = "http"
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrUndefinedContentSource error = errors.New("Cannot create reader: no content defined")
+)
+
 func init() {
 	ResourceTypes.Register([]string{"http", "https"}, HTTPFactory)
 }
@@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ func (h *HTTP) Create(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	
 	slog.Error("HTTP.Create() content", "http", h)
 
+	// create should post to the named resource using the resource content or sourceref.
 	contentReader, err = h.contentSourceReader()
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -418,6 +423,10 @@ func (h *HTTP) writeThru(ctx context.Context) (contentWriter io.WriteCloser, err
 }
 */
 
+func (h *HTTP) hasContentSource() bool {
+	return len(h.ContentSourceRef) > 0 || len(h.Content) > 0
+}
+
 func (h *HTTP) contentSourceReader() (contentReader io.ReadCloser, err error) {
 	if len(h.ContentSourceRef) != 0 {
 		contentReader, err = h.ContentSourceRef.Lookup(nil).ContentReaderStream()
@@ -426,7 +435,7 @@ func (h *HTTP) contentSourceReader() (contentReader io.ReadCloser, err error) {
 		if len(h.Content) != 0 {
 			contentReader = io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(h.Content))
 		} else {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("Cannot create reader: no content defined")
+			err = ErrUndefinedContentSource
 		}
 	}
 	return
@@ -434,7 +443,9 @@ func (h *HTTP) contentSourceReader() (contentReader io.ReadCloser, err error) {
 
 // set up reader for source content
 func (h *HTTP) readThru(ctx context.Context) (contentReader io.ReadCloser, err error) {
-	if contentReader, err = h.contentSourceReader(); err != nil {
+	if h.hasContentSource() {
+		contentReader, err = h.contentSourceReader()
+	} else {
 		if h.reader == nil {
 			h.reader, err = transport.NewReaderWithContext(h.parsedURI, ctx)
 			h.reader.SetGzip(false)
diff --git a/internal/resource/package.go b/internal/resource/package.go
index 180dd32..a1f565e 100644
--- a/internal/resource/package.go
+++ b/internal/resource/package.go
@@ -498,9 +498,12 @@ func NewApkReadCommand() *command.Command {
 	c.Extractor = func(out []byte, target any) error {
 		p := target.(*Package)
 		pkg := strings.Split(string(out), "-")
-		if pkg[0] == p.Name {
-			p.Name = pkg[0]
-			p.Version = pkg[1]
+		numberOfFields := len(pkg)
+		packageName := strings.Join(pkg[0:numberOfFields - 3], "-")
+		packageVersion := strings.Join(pkg[numberOfFields - 2:numberOfFields - 1], "-")
+		if packageName == p.Name {
+			p.Name = packageName
+			p.Version = packageVersion
 			p.State = "present"
 		} else {
 			p.State = "absent"
@@ -543,7 +546,7 @@ func NewApkReadPackagesCommand() *command.Command {
 
 		lines := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), "\n")
 		numberOfLines := len(lines)
-		diff := (numberOfLines - 1) - numberOfPackages
+		diff := (numberOfLines) - numberOfPackages
 		if diff > 0 {
 			for i := 0; i < diff; i++ {
 				*Packages = append(*Packages, NewPackage())
@@ -556,7 +559,7 @@ func NewApkReadPackagesCommand() *command.Command {
 			packageFields := strings.Split(installedPackage[0], "-")
 			numberOfFields := len(packageFields)
 			if numberOfFields > 2 {
-				packageName := strings.Join(packageFields[:numberOfFields - 3], "-")
+				packageName := strings.Join(packageFields[0:numberOfFields - 2], "-")
 				packageVersion := strings.Join(packageFields[numberOfFields - 2:numberOfFields - 1], "-")
 				p.Name = packageName
 				p.State = "present"