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The Great Package Management Experiment

Posted Sep 28, 2003 23:17 UTC (Sun) by torsten (guest, #4137)
In reply to: The Great Package Management Experiment by zooko
Parent article: The Great Package Management Experiment

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/bindlywhoop-v1.2

This method is defective. The path is hard-coded into some of the libraries and binaries. When you move the directory to another prefix, the package will fail (some packages fail, some don't).

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The Great Package Management Experiment

Posted Oct 4, 2003 14:11 UTC (Sat) by csh (guest, #15725) [Link]

The proper way to use something like stow is this:

% ./configure --prefix=/usr/local

When you install, you use this command:

% make prefix=/usr/local/stow/<package>-<version>

Then when you stow the program, it will have normal paths like you would expect.

If you aren't using a package with the GNU auto stuff, you'll have to do this step manually.

I used to maintain my own system, and a set of patches for different packages to handle the dual nature of a "stowed" install.