10 seconds install scripts makes a personal install, why?

Question

I'm running the 10 seconds install with

(wget -O - pi.dk/3 || curl pi.dk/3/) | bash

but for some reason, it does a personal install. I'm running it in docker with the williamyeh/ansible:ubuntu14.04 image (requires running apt update -qq && apt install curl -yq beforehand).

This is problematic because /root/bin isn't in the path.

Why can't the script make a full install and resorts to a personal install at /root/bin?

Answer 1

You'll also need make to be on the system:

apt update -qq && apt install curl make -yq 

If you don't have make it will enter the else branch on line 93 which will cause it to copy the files directly to /root/bin.

This is problematic because /root/bin isn't in the path.

The install script adds it to PATH anyway, so if you want it to work with a local install, you just need to start a new session or run source ~/.bashrc after installing.