{"shas":[["1eb20c484dfda2941f7d4e7185b95b684346355f","0f2758e6efcea9f3252322a420536807e403e6c5@gmail.com","Merge pull request #259 from matschaffer/patch-1\n\nEnsure aptitude is installed. ","Wayne E. Seguin"],["f4f49e113fea78c566a38fe716e99fb1d8d1cabf","0f2758e6efcea9f3252322a420536807e403e6c5@gmail.com","s/aptitude/apt-get/g\nMany users of Debian certainly and probably other Debian-derived distros prefer 'apt-get' to 'aptitude'. For whatever reasons [Ubuntu has actually stopped shipping with 'aptitude' by default](http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/aptitude-removed-from-ubuntu-1010.html). Without debating the technical merits of either tool, I would say this:\n\n+ An etiquette argument: 'apt-get' works perfectly well to install packages from the command line. If 'apt-get' is found, there's no reason not to use it. There's certainly no reason to 'install' it on Ubuntu or any machine where it's not even present. Choosing a person's package manager for them is pretty much like dancing with someone's date: it's not done.\n+ A more detailed but important reason: 'apt-get' and 'aptitude' now *both* support autoremoval of packages that were installed as dependencies of packages that are no longer installed. However, aptitude will attempt to immediately remove all those items, while 'apt-get' will only prompt you to do so. This is a larger issue+ A more detailed but important reason: 'apt-get' and 'aptitude' now *both* support autoremoval of packages that were installed as dependencies of packages that are no longer installed. However, aptitude will attempt to immediately remove all those items, while 'apt-get' will only prompt you to do so. This is a larger issue+ A morest](+ A more detailed but important reason: 'apt-get' and 'aptitude' now *both* support autoremoval of packages that were installed as dependencies of packages that are no longer installed. However, aptitude will attempt to immediately remove all those items, while 'apt-get' will only prompt you to do so. This is a larger issue+ A more detailed but important ret e","Wayne E. Seguin"],["ed04b8e529731e09205b25e50d20cc8fb32aca17","0f2758e6efcea9f3252322a420536807e403e6c5@gmail.com","resolution","Wayne E. Seguin"]],"repo":"martinploeger/rvm","actor":"martinploeger","ref":"refs/heads/master","size":3,"head":"ed04b8e529731e09205b25e50d20cc8fb32aca17","actor_gravatar":"e8f0d6e9bc8bca695b3c5bdf75cdcc03","push_id":30584899}