BSD Ports

sysutils/stow 2.4.1 OpenBSD

manages software package installations with symlinks

System
OpenBSD
Repository
OpenBSD ports
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <[email protected]>
Categories
sysutils

Description

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.

In the other systems

SystemPortVersion
OpenBSDsysutils/stow2.4.1
FreeBSDsysutils/stow2.4.1
NetBSDsysutils/stow2.4.1
DragonFlysysutils/stow2.4.1
HardenedBSDsysutils/stow2.4.1
GhostBSDsysutils/stow2.4.1

Install

Binary package:

pkg_add stow

From the ports tree:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/stow && make install

Dependencies

Build dependencies 1

No port depends on this one.