From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-03-04 22:51, J.O. Aho wrote:   
   > On 04/03/2025 19.29, Adrian Caspersz wrote:   
   >> On 28/02/2025 17:00, J.O. Aho wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> As Carlos and John has already pointed out, you need to execute a   
   >>> binary (or script) and it's self inflicted, don't install anything   
   >>> you can't install from your distros repository unless you really know   
   >>> what you are doing.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> So many users are tempted to install software, using the wget workflow   
   >> that directly pipes script hosted on website into a command prompt.   
   >>   
   >> It is so risky....   
   >   
   > yes, it's risky, I do always use a distribution that has a good   
   > ecosystem, so you don't have to run some script to install stuff, but   
   > just use the standard package manager using the default repositories.   
      
   rpm packages contain pre/post install scripts, too. Not all the packages   
   use this facility, but some have to. For example, the kernel itself, it   
   has to run dracut and grub something and others.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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