What alternative do you propose for downloading binaries off the internet, placing them in the "right spot" and doing post-install operations like updating PATH that dont have gotchas equivalent to running "untrusted" code like curl|sh?
What alternative do you propose for downloading binaries off the internet, placing them in the "right spot" and doing post-install operations like updating PATH that dont have gotchas equivalent to running "untrusted" code like curl|sh?
The one that is the norm on Linux distros and on nearly all mobile OSs: signed packages. 'curl | sh' doesn't even allow to observe the package while or after installing.