Re: Feature request: install package by passing URL to apt-get

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM Alex Mestiashvili
<amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de> wrote:
>
> On 3/3/25 12:49, Steven Speek wrote:
> > I would like this feature in apt-get.
>
> This is a disaster feature from my point of view. Debian packages are
> installed with root privileges, however, many systems are configured to
> allow users to use sudo to install packages from configured and trusted
> repositories. If apt can install some random package from a random place
> on the internet, the approach with sudo apt/apt-get is doomed.
> So, please, no.

++. Don't turn Apt into Composer, Pip, etc.

And worse, run developer provided code from the untrusted sources
during pre- and post- install.

Jeff