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