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"reading before you run" eliminates all convenience of the one liner. Their linux docs are way better because it shows you exactly how to do it on a per-distrib
by whalesalad 2y ago
"reading before you run" eliminates all convenience of the one liner. Their linux docs are way better because it shows you exactly how to do it on a per-distribution basis. when it comes time to update the software I would prefer to know how exactly it is installed so that I can update it correctly.
- rad_gruchalski 2y ago> when it comes time to update the software I would prefer to know how exactly it is installed so that I can update it correctly Then read the script you complain about.
- whalesalad 2y agoThree months from now I won't remember using the script to install it. And the contents of the script could completely change. This is not a helpful take.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoThis is not a helpful take for you. The same method works fine for me over the last decade. Taking notes helps, having some helper scripts helps. If one’s invested in a technology, one finds a way to remember.
- ericjmorey 2y agoYou just described how the script is less convenient to meet the preferences of the commenter you replied to. A debian package relieves them of the overhead you describe by having a few people do the work for anyone else that uses the package.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoDebian packages are often old. Hence people found a way around. > You just described how the script is less convenient to meet the preferences of the commenter you replied to. Well… no. The person I reply to doesn’t say anything about preferences. They want to know how to update the software, the script is the best reference.
- shrimp_emoji 2y ago> Debian packages are often old. What about AUR or Fedora packages? ;D
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoNo clue man. Don’t use any of it.
- whalesalad 2y agoI am glad to hear you have room in your life to tend to idiosyncracies like this.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoIt’s part of the job. That’s one of the things I’m paid for.
- whalesalad 2y agoPaid to screw around with your editor installation? Or paid to edit code.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoYou know nothing about what I do. Keep editing code. You just grind on an infrastructure brought to you on a silver plate? Like an editor is the only thing we have fuck around with. That script for the editor is code, too…
- whalesalad 2y agoI do it all brother. Infrastructure is the fun/easy part.
- fragmede 2y agoI find organizing and saving files to disk is a great way to save things I won't remember. Maybe you could try that?
- deepsun 2y agoI do it from time to time, but it's time-consuming (proper install scripts are long), defeating the whole goal of "one-line installer". With proper installers I never read it's install scripts.