The usual annoying thing is the automated package install. I have not looked at this particular package, but in the past, I have seen:
- installing specific gcc version and making it system-default.
- installing “virtualbox” packages - this was the worst, as the machine had a few KVM VMs running at the same time, and KVM and VirtualBox cannot run at the same time.
In general, I now stay away from every install script, and if I cannot, then I run it in docker container. Life is short, I do not want to spend it fixing my primary workstation.
(And I examine postinst scripts in deb files too, but those are usually much more boring)
The usual annoying thing is the automated package install. I have not looked at this particular package, but in the past, I have seen:
- installing specific gcc version and making it system-default.
- installing “virtualbox” packages - this was the worst, as the machine had a few KVM VMs running at the same time, and KVM and VirtualBox cannot run at the same time.
In general, I now stay away from every install script, and if I cannot, then I run it in docker container. Life is short, I do not want to spend it fixing my primary workstation.
(And I examine postinst scripts in deb files too, but those are usually much more boring)