I agree that it's much less intuitive, but it's worth explaining why we put up with that. It's not just because Linux isn't as polished as Windows - shell scrip

I agree that it's much less intuitive, but it's worth explaining why we put up with that. It's not just because Linux isn't as polished as Windows - shell scripts are a feature. A case in point: I was setting up automated tests on a Windows machine today, and I had to install pywin32 automatically in a virtualenv. Both the download page and the installer are built for a human to click through, and are problematic to do from a script.