XStow – replacement for Stow

XStow is a replacement of Stow. It supports all features of Stow with some extensions.

XStow, as 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).

For compiling XStow a C++ compiler and a system with a couple of POSIX functions are required. It does not depend on an interpreter. Static compilation for e.g. rescue disks are possible.

XStow installs packages in exactly the same way as Stow, so you can even start a Linux From Scratch installation with XStow and when Perl is running continue installation using GNU Stow.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Generates Stow compatible symlinks. You can install a package with XStow and uninstall it with Stow.
• Supports the creation of symlinks with absolute path names, but this will break compatibilty with Stow.
• Automated stow directory detection.
• Automated traversable link detection (/usr/man is a link to /usr/share/man).

Website: github.com/majorkingleo/xstow
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Developer: Martin Oberzalek
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

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