If you &quot;add this apt repository&quot; then the programme will be installed via apt &amp; dpkg. Hence you know:<p>* It will not overwrite any files that are owned by another package.<p>* If&#x2F;When you update it later and the programme has changed the config files, apt can tell you if you&#x27;ve changed the config files on your machine and offer you a diff, or what to do.<p>* It can be easily uninstalled later<p>* You can download the dpkg file(s) and store them locally, and give them to a friend later&#x2F;install on your own server later, knowing that you are installing the same files as you installed on your desktop&#x2F;testing system.<p>* If there is a network problem while downloading the deb, so what? Nothing bad happens. The software won&#x27;t be installed, But there&#x27;s no risk of your home directory being deleted.<p>* Installation is more atomic. Either the package will be installed properly or not at all.