aptitude isnt installed

[c1u66y]

Hello together,

yesterday i installed alpha4. Now i have a little question: Why is aptitude not installed on default? Of course you can install it, but is there any matter for this decision (no aptitude on default)?

Thanks for your answer.

c1u66y

[Rog131]

Re: aptitude isnt installed

Why is aptitude not installed on default?

The Facts

The aptitude has been part of the ubuntu-minimal metapackage.

Package: ubuntu-minimal

Minimal core of Ubuntu

This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu minimal system, that is a functional command-line system with the following capabilities:

- Boot
- Detect hardware
- Connect to a network
- Install packages
- Perform basic diagnostics

It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended that it not be removed.

ubuntu-minimal changelog tells:

ubuntu-meta (1.107) intrepid; urgency=low

* Refreshed dependencies
* Added inputattach to desktop
* Added pciutils to standard
* Added pcmciautils to desktop
* Added usbutils to standard
* Removed aptitude from minimal
* Removed gettext-base from minimal
* Removed inputattach from standard
* Removed libfribidi0 from minimal
* Removed pciutils from minimal
* Removed pcmciautils from minimal
* Removed tcpd from minimal
* Removed usbutils from minimal
* Removed util-linux-locales from minimal

-- Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:27:17 +0100

The Fiction

The package maintainer is thinking (i don't know but i guess):

The package ubuntu-minimal is the bare essential ubuntu. / It should be as small and compact as possible. / It should only have one package manager /... / Removing aptitude.

Open Questions

- Why it was removed now.

[carolinason]

Re: aptitude isnt installed

+1 , why wasn't it installed by default?

[c1u66y]

Re: aptitude isnt installed

The package maintainer is thinking (i don't know but i guess):

Thanks for this Answer :-).

Open Questions

- Why it was removed now.

Maybe they just forgot to integrate it, after ubuntu removed it from the Metapackage?

c1u66y

[tomp01]

Re: aptitude isnt installed



I downloaded Adept 3.0 beta 1 but I prefer the old version. I have started using Synaptic instead.

[dibl]

Re: aptitude isnt installed

A blank CD has the same capacity today as 5 years ago. But Hardy Heron (and now Intrepid Ibex) are including new features and capabilities, all added to the same Live CD. You only require one "capability to install packages" -- with that one capability, you can apt-get the other methods. My two cents' worth.