Stow
GNU Stow
https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/
Symlink farm manager.
Stow is a symlink manager. It generates symlinks to directories of data and makes them appear to be merged into the same directory. It is typically used for managing software packages installed from source, by letting you install them apart in distinct directories and then create symlinks to the files in a common directory such as /usr/local.
Stow was inspired by Carnegie Mellon's "Depot" program, but is substantially simpler.
Documentation
https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/manual/Selection from the FSF shop
Free as in Freedom 2.0, by Richard Stallman
Introduction to the Command Line
Helping the GNU Project and the Free Software Movement
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This is a GNU package:stow
Download
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/stow-2.2.2.tar.bz2
version 2.2.2
(stable)
released on 9 November 2015
OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/stow-2.2.2.tar.bz2.sig
User level
Intermediate
Donate link
https://my.fsf.org/donate/Accepts cryptocurrency donations.
Paid support
https://www.fsf.org/resources/service/VCS Checkout
git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/stow.gitCategories
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Notes
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Adam Spiers | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/stow | |
| Download | https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/ | |
| Savannah (Ref) | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/stow/ | |
| VCS Repository Webview | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/stow.git/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-stow/ | |
| General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-stow/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-stow/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/stow-devel/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to use | Perl |
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 16 January 2019.
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