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mara ,
@mara@pawb.social avatar

Nix!

Hamartiogonic ,
@Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz avatar

“The script accepts the name of a program or package as an argument when you run it. This value is then referenced as “$1” (argument number 1). Everywhere the script says “$1”, it substitutes in the name of the package you gave it. The end result is the name being tried against a large number of software repositories and package managers, and hopefully, at least one of them will be appropriate and the program will be successfully installed.”

Source: explain XKCD

lord_ryvan ,

I don’t think they asked for an explanation, but thanks anyways!

ExplainXKCD’s a great site, more XKCD readers should know about it!

Hamartiogonic ,
@Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz avatar

Nobody asked, but I needed it. Thought that perhaps I’m not alone, so now that I have the answer, might as well share it here.

lord_ryvan ,

That sonds like a good thought process, I’ll try it too

Cwilliams OP ,

Yep, thanks!

Overlock ,
@Overlock@sopuli.xyz avatar

xbps-install ?

subcytoplasm ,

nix-shell -p “$1”

tslnox ,

emerge!

18107 ,

explainxkcd.com/…/1654:_Universal_Install_Script

fmstrat ,

gam (GitHub Application Manager)

dudinax ,

You’re gonna need a -y on apt-get

pbsds ,
@pbsds@lemmy.ml avatar

The final fallback should be robodialing some tech support service and provide TeamViewer credentials

utopiah ,

Unless you have a pretty exotic architecture, i.e neither x86 nor ARM, then arguably Docker “should” be “enough”.

Sentientted ,

I am not the most experienced by any means, but wouldn’t it be better to run it with a “;” in the spot off all of the “&” so that way if one of the commands fail it doesn’t stop mid script?

skullgiver ,
@skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

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    Sentientted ,

    Yeah you are right. Thanks for the correction

    sxan ,
    @sxan@midwest.social avatar

    And even then, don’t you want ||? You want to run the next one only if the previous one failed, right?

    JoeBidet ,
    @JoeBidet@lemmy.ml avatar

    wait… no alpine apk?! :)

    taanegl ,

    Microsoft: “winget!”

    Nobody asked you, Microsoft. Go back to making compact nuclear reactors, because honestly that’s based AF.

    schnurrito ,

    wasn’t a thing yet when the comic was made; technology advances so quickly…

    taanegl ,

    Yeah, but it’s also a Windows exclusive - so it’s just usable on the Windows platform, but it’s a package managed for windows! winget install gimp.GIMP installs gimp, no browser necessary =)

    Check the link though. Microsoft might pull a sneaky in the future. “All Winget packages will be bundled with telemetry for security” or something like that.

    drwho ,
    @drwho@beehaw.org avatar

    Yeah, that’s about right these days.

    Engywuck ,

    Where pacman?

    drwho ,
    @drwho@beehaw.org avatar

    sudo pacman -Sy $1

    There you go.

    Engywuck ,

    Thanks.

    soulfirethewolf ,

    Here he comes

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