Comment by antonvs

Sure, but the point is (1) that you don’t need a package manager to install software, which the comment I replied to seemed to assume, and (2) that for something you’re developing against like SQLite, installing it via package manager really isn’t that important. It doesn’t need to integrate with the rest of your system the way typical apps might.

What seems to be happening here is that people have learned that package managers are the right way to install software, but they don’t really understand the reasons, or where and how exceptions might apply. IMO your comment does that as well.