Pre-Installing Packages

• "From source" installations are the most common use of stow.

• Most common 'from source' method (with configure scripts):

  • The process of building software changes to:
    • ./configure
    • make
    • make install prefix="/usr/local/stow/package-name_version"
      • Examples:
        • make install prefix="/usr/local/stow/dia_0.85"
        • make install prefix="/usr/local/stow/WindowMaker_0.62.1"

Notes: