> This solution may not be desirable because local sysadmin policy may not want an unrestricted HTTP client to be installed (eg > bastion host).
You do know that you can download files via APT's http methods anyway? They except HTTP-similar input on stdin and then download the file for you.
> This solution may not be desirable because local sysadmin policy may not want an unrestricted HTTP client to be installed (eg > bastion host).
You do know that you can download files via APT's http methods anyway? They except HTTP-similar input on stdin and then download the file for you.