In the Ubuntu repos, ack is a "Kanji code converter" - I think you're…

… looking for ack-grep.
todc · Aug 10, 2011 · 557736b · 557736b
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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo "Install Redis, a key-value database ..."
   sudo apt-get install redis-server -y
 
 echo "Installing ack, a good way to search through files ..."
-  sudo apt-get install ack -y
+  sudo apt-get install ack-grep -y
 
 echo "Installing ImageMagick, good for cropping and re-sizing images ..."
   sudo apt-get install imagemagick --fix-missing -y