Package: xstow (1.1.0-1)

Extended replacement of GNU Stow

XStow (like 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).

The extended features include: creation of symlinks with absolute path names, traversal link support (create a link from /usr/share/man to /usr/man), multiple stow directories support, shell pattern matching, regular expressions support, and global settings via configuration files.

Tags: System Administration: Package Management, Implemented in: C++, User Interface: interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, Role: Program, Scope: scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, Purpose: Data Organisation

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