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For me, the question of why is because it’s already installed in the environment and available on every UNIX system I have used. This is a case of conforming myself to the tool, rather than the other way around. If you are of a certain vintage like I am, You got used to doing these things early on because we could not just apt install foo on our platforms anytime we needed something.

I do not mean to sound like “kids these days… “ I really like these modern systems that allow you to install a wide range of packages. It is a huge step forward. I just want to explain my perspective, perhaps others share that perspective. It probably also explains why such tools continue to exist.




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