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Python is only needed for apm --> npm --> node-gyp. (For building Atom packages that include native C/C++ code.) The rest of Atom/apm works 100%, even with no Python installed. With Python 2 soon to be dropped from the Debian/Ubuntu repos, having a hard dependency on `python` or `python2` is a problem. None of the other OSes/platforms have an install-time requirement of having Python on the system, so this is in line with Atom packaging for the other platforms.