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GNU Stow is a Perl program for managing the installation of software
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packages, keeping them separated from each other while making them
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appear to be installed in the same place by using symbolic links.
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Stow is particularly useful when installing software distributed with
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a GNU "configure" script (use the --prefix=path option) or any other
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software that installs in a standard hierarchy beneath a configurable
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prefix path.
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Stow may be used by non-root users to set up a private software
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hierarchy 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 or port
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system, and make it available under /opt/local, /sw, or any other
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similar location.
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