Well, this way they could install dependencies anyway just automatically, so you don’t see them unless you read before accepting the installation. I still can read this:
Install and configure the necessary dependencies sudo yum install -y curl policycoreutils-python openssh-server perl
And then:
Add the GitLab package repository and install the package curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ee/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
So they do some magic here, the script just installs the repository, so I can’t see exactly any dependency they are currently using.
I assume that’s to build from source.
The times I’ve installed GitLab it’s been a case of
dnf install https://...
. The rest gets dragged in automatically.Well, this way they could install dependencies anyway just automatically, so you don’t see them unless you read before accepting the installation. I still can read this:
And then:
So they do some magic here, the script just installs the repository, so I can’t see exactly any dependency they are currently using.