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I do not much like this 'curl $random_url | sh' installation method. I am not going to be running some random script without looking long and hard at it first.
by koenigdavidmj 16y ago
I do not much like this 'curl $random_url | sh' installation method. I am not going to be running some random script without looking long and hard at it first.
- sstephenson 16y agoCompletely understandable. That's why the installer source is fully documented and linked up for your review. http://get.pow.cx/ http://get.pow.cx/
- clint 16y agoWhy not just download it and then read it yourself? Do you enter your root password when installing some GUI applications? At least in this instance you can read over the commands that will be run beforehand—in fact, Sam actively encourages you to do so.
- burke 16y agoI don't understand how this is any different from running the application after you install it by whatever other method. Your shell doesn't have some higher level of access than most other software.
- bradleyland 16y ago> I don't understand how this is any different from running the application after you install it I'll tell you one difference. It takes me 10 minutes to review the shell based installer. It takes a whole lot longer to inspect an installation package or application source code.
- jarin 16y agoThis just goes to show that there will be naysayers for literally every good idea. It's a one-page script and a reasonably small, public git repo, from a company that doesn't exactly have a reputation for hacky, unreliable software.
- tlrobinson 16y agoDo you read through the source of every piece of software you download and install? If not then why worry about one shell script?
- swindsor 16y agoThen 'curl get.pow.cx > pow.sh'. Take you time and look at the script, then run it. Worked for me.