Oh yeah? How can I install Clang using Apt without root?
It’s a good trick to have in your back pocket if you’re given an unprivileged user on a compute node and want to make use of modern tools.
> You can in fact run most package managers without root
It is very clear from the context that dehrmann was talking about Linux distro package managers (Apt, Yum, Dnf, Apk, etc.) and as far as I know they all require root, or at least I have never once seen someone use them without root.
Nix requires root (at least by default). Brew I'll give you - I didn't know you can use it on Linux. Do people actually do that enough that it works reliably?
Clearly talking about OS level package managers.