The problem is that there&#x27;s a lot of software out there that expects you to install it this way - particularly by piping into sh or bash or the like. See also <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seancassidy.me&#x2F;dont-pipe-to-your-shell.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.seancassidy.me&#x2F;dont-pipe-to-your-shell.html</a> and <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;output.chrissnell.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;69023793377&#x2F;stop-piping-curl1-to-sh1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;output.chrissnell.com&#x2F;post&#x2F;69023793377&#x2F;stop-piping-cu...</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chef.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;5-ways-to-deal-with-the-install-sh-curl-pipe-bash-problem&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chef.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;07&#x2F;16&#x2F;5-ways-to-deal-with-the-...</a> . There was also a blog out there collecting instances of this, but I couldn&#x27;t find it again after a couple searches.<p>I had to hold my nose and paste some commands like this in order to reinstall Composer [1] and Drupal Console [2] earlier this week. Ugh, it feels so dirty, but it&#x27;s often the first and&#x2F;or the easiest, if not the only, way that software like this documents how it&#x27;s to be installed.<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;getcomposer.org&#x2F;doc&#x2F;00-intro.md#globally" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;getcomposer.org&#x2F;doc&#x2F;00-intro.md#globally</a><p>2. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;drupalconsole.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;drupalconsole.com</a>