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GNU Stow is a Perl program for managing the installation of
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software packages, keeping them separated from each other while
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making them appear to be installed in the same place by using
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symbolic links.
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Stow is particularly useful when installing software distributed
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with a GNU "configure" script (use the --prefix=path option).
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Stow may be used by non-root users to set up a private hierarchy
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under e.g. $HOME/local, or by local administrators who wants
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to install software that is not managed by the native package
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or port system, and make it available under e.g. /opt/local or
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/usr/pkg.
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