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Manage Packages Using Stow

Posted by michael on from the apt-get-still-rules dept.

dW writes "This article is about Stow, a software installation management utility for Linux that offers a number of advantages over the tried-and-true Red Hat and Debian package management systems. With Stow, you can package applications in standard tar files and keep application binaries logically arranged for easy access."

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    at last

  2. fp!! by Carl_Cne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Public Post??

  3. Packing with SNOW ? OH! STOW!! by flsniper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For a second there I thought they were using SNOW as packing! Wouldn't that get VERY messy when it melted then I realized it was STOW!!! DUH! :::::::::Slaps himself upside the head!!:::::::::::

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    "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."
  4. HAIL BUSH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Raise the flag! The French have deserted us! No more decadent
    European food! Be a patriot and support a true American home product!

    Only the biggest American couch potatoes will become Idiot Fries(TM).
    Fried in the finest propaganda oil made by CNN and FOX, Idiot
    Fries(TM) come in three flavors:

    - NRA ("Shoot your neighbor, it's called freedom!")
    - KKK ("Color blind is not my problem!")
    - WASP ("Superiority to the white trash!")

    Idiot Fries(TM) are guaranteed to be free of UNO, ICJ, EC, AI, and
    other non-patriotic substances.

    "Only a true idiot will die for his country!" - George W. Bush

  5. The goal of my life is ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... to post a FP on Slashdot!!
    One day, I'll succeed it!

    PLEASE, what should I do with my life ??!

  6. OH BOY -1 LAME by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    :::::::::Slaps himself upside the head!!:::::::::::

    please do

    1. Re:OH BOY -1 LAME by flsniper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      :::::::::WHAM!!!:::::::: I did and now i feel soooooooo much better! Great suggestion thanks!

      --
      "This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time."
  7. what about them? by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If you're the type who masochistically* installs everything from source, you can probably handle dependencies yourself.

    * yes, that would be me :) Seriously, I install everything from source just to keep abreast with how everything works. mmmmm... breast.... :)

    --
    Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden