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by LoganDark 156 days ago
It is different: you give it sudo immediately so it doesn't have to ask.

Of course, many installers ask for administrator access anyway...

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I don't think it's functionally different if you write sudo on the command line or if the installer uses sudo in the script.

As you said, most installers need to place binaries in privileged locations anyway.