I only discovered this recently, and it’s very handy.

Piping scripts directly to bash is a security risk. You can always download the scripts, inspect them and run locally if you so choose.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Package managers only install a package with defaults. These helper scripts are designed to take the user through a final config that isn’t provided by the package defaults.

    This is trivially solved by having a “setup” script that is also installed by the package manager.