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>>rubyn0+(OP)
Neat! But it's not obviously a bad idea. You have a TLS connection with the site you're downloading from. `curl | bash` is no worse than downloading a .dmg or .deb from the same server would be.

>>cjbpri+e2
dpkg/packages have sanity checks to make sure that files aren't being overwritten, and things are generally in a sane state.

curl|bash involves no checks, and no system integration whatsoever.

>>throwa+k4
Would you like me to craft you a .deb/.rpm which totally trashes your system? Packages can and very often do leverage the ability to run arbitrary scripts but nothing says I can't do serious damage even without that.