diff --git a/rake/pkg/package.rake b/rake/pkg/package.rake
index 6fe3a2d9..3382b7b4 100644
--- a/rake/pkg/package.rake
+++ b/rake/pkg/package.rake
@@ -16,32 +16,29 @@ if is_mac?
 
       # Essentials for all macs; specific brews are placed
       # in the node/*.rake files
-      %w{
-        coreutils
-        wget
-        curl
-        tree
-        git
-        the_silver_searcher
-        tmux
-        gist
-        lua
-        luajit
-        readline
-        openssl
-        node
-      }.each { |pkg| Package.install pkg }
+      [ "coreutils",
+        "wget",
+        "curl",
+        "tree",
+        "git",
+        "the_silver_searcher",
+        "tmux",
+        "gist",
+        "lua",
+        "readline",
+        "openssl",
+        "node"
+      ].each { |pkg| Package.install pkg }
 
-      %w{
-        dropbox
-        appcleaner
-        vagrant
-        virtualbox
-        growlnotify
-        iterm2
-        java
-        launchbar
-      }.each { |app| Package.cask_install app }
+      [ "dropbox",
+        "appcleaner",
+        "vagrant",
+        "virtualbox",
+        "growlnotify",
+        "iterm2",
+        "java",
+        "launchbar"
+      ].each { |app| Package.cask_install app }
 
       echo "Homebrew is installed. Moving on."
     end
@@ -61,13 +58,18 @@ elsif is_linux?
 
   namespace :aptitude do
     task :setup do
-      # TODO Setup default linux package
-    end
-
-    task :update => 'aptitude:setup' do
       echo "Updating packages..."
       Package.update
+
+      [ "git",
+        "tmux",
+        "curl",
+        "ruby2.0",
+        "rake"
+      ].each { |pkg| Package.install pkg }
     end
+
+    task :update => 'aptitude:setup'
   end
 
 end