Pre-Installing Packages

• Less common 'from source' method (no configure scripts)

  • Pre-installation varies from package to package
    • In some cases: make; make install prefix="/usr/local/stow/package_version"
    • In some other cases: Editing the Makefile might be necessary.
      • That's one reason why stow isn't for first time Linux users.
      • Alternative (for configure-scriptless packages): simply don't use stow.

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