If you "add this apt repository" then the programme will be installed via apt & dpkg. Hence you know: * It will not overwrite any files that are owned by anoth

If you "add this apt repository" then the programme will be installed via apt & dpkg. Hence you know: * It will not overwrite any files that are owned by another package. * If/When you update it later and the programme has changed the config files, apt can tell you if you've changed the config files on your machine and offer you a diff, or what to do. * It can be easily uninstalled later * You can download the dpkg file(s) and store them locally, and give them to a friend later/install on your own server later, knowing that you are installing the same files as you installed on your desktop/testing system. * If there is a network problem while downloading the deb, so what? Nothing bad happens. The software won't be installed, But there's no risk of your home directory being deleted. * Installation is more atomic. Either the package will be installed properly or not at all.