The fundamentals for package management also move the package into it's final resting place(s), where it's going to do it's work. Curl doesn't do that, it just

The fundamentals for package management also move the package into it's final resting place(s), where it's going to do it's work. Curl doesn't do that, it just gives you a single file somewhere. I'd also consider removing a package to be a fundamental part of a manager. The two items you describe would be a 'package grabber'.