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Yea I never understood why there's no separation between these two. The fact that apt-get needs root password only makes sense if apt-get is meant for system pa
by hasenj 11y ago
Yea I never understood why there's no separation between these two. The fact that apt-get needs root password only makes sense if apt-get is meant for system packages.
User applications should not require root privileges to install.
- michaelmrose 11y agoInstallers regularly install packages to system dir because it would be idiotic on a multi user system for each user to install different versions of Firefox to their home dir. It also serves to keep unprivileged users from installing software. You are free to install software to your home but it shouldn't be the default behavior
- hasenj 11y agoThe overwhelming use case for desktop users is there's usually one user on the system.
- michaelmrose 11y agoWhich is not a good reason to design anything based on that assumption it's extremely easy for a single user to use a multi user system but not the reverse.