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You are missing the point. The author is satirizing the fact that there are so many tools and patterns that do basically the same thing. The author doesn't want to bother figuring out what installation method this particular tool recommends. So they have this script so that he can run
geterinstalled inkscapeand let the computer figure out which one works.If you were going to write
geterinstalled pip fooyou may as well just runpip install foo.Also note the title-text, which addresses this exact issue:
https://xkcd.com/1654/
Not missing the point. I know it's satire. As a thought experiment it got me interested though nothing more.