GNU Stow
GNU Stow is a program for managing the installation of software packages, keeping them separate (/usr/local/stow/emacs vs. /usr/local/stow/perl, for example) while making them appear to be installed in the same place (/usr/local). Stow is a Perl script which should run correctly under Perl 5.005 and above. You must install Perl before running Stow. Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's Depot program, but is substantially simpler.
| Tags | Systems Administration |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | Perl |
Recent releases
- 06 Dec 2011 22:17
Release Notes: This is a minor release that fixes a couple of installation issues and improves some of the documentation.
- 04 Dec 2011 01:47
Release Notes: This is the first official release of Stow since January 2002, and is a complete refresh of the entire codebase, with a substantial number of bugfixes and enhancements.
- 07 Jan 2002 12:39
Release Notes: Initially empty directories are not removed anymore. Stow now only warns the user if a directory is unreadable during unstowing. Various other bugfixes were made.
- 30 Jan 2001 06:12
Release Notes: First announcement.
adamspiers
23 Sep 1999 18:24
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