https://github.com/majorkingleo/xstow

https://github.com/majorkingleo/xstow

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/majorkingleo/xstow
• Owner: majorkingleo
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2021-03-25T15:21:27.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-01T14:59:32.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-01T10:17:29.431Z (4 months ago)
• Language: C++
• Size: 1.94 MB
• Stars: 31
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: COPYING
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

        
Clone from github: 

`git clone --recurse-submodules --recurse-submodules [email protected]:majorkingleo/xstow.git`

XStow is a replacement of GNU Stow (http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/)

written in C++. It supports all features of Stow with some extensions.

XStow as GNU Stow, are programs 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).

Stow requires Perl. But what's on systems where no Perl is available, or not

yet installed? I tried compiling Stow with perlcc, but it failed.

For compiling XStow a C++ compiler and a system with a couple of POSIX

functions are required. It does not depend on an interpreter. Static

compilation eg.: for resque disks are possible.

XStow installs packages in exact the same way like stow, so you

even can start a Linux From Scratch installation with XStow and when

Perl is running continue installation by using GNU Stow.

*) Name

The X in the name has nothing to do with X11 It simple stands for

Extended Stow (... I think).

*) Status:

It works fine.

*) Features:

  XStow generates Stow compatible symlinks. You can install a package

  with XStow and uninstall it with Stow.

  It also supports, the creation of symlinks with absolute path names,

  but this will brake compatibilty with Stow.

  *) automated stow directory detection

  *) automated traversable link detection (/usr/man is a link to /usr/share/man)

*) Planned Features:

  If you have any other ideas send a mail to [email protected].

*) Future

  * By default full Stow compatibilty should be obtained. But more

    features will be impemented.

*) Why

  * Stow requires Perl. But what's on systems where is no Perl available,

    or not yet installed? I tried compiling Stow with perlcc, but it

    failed. This was the initial reason.

  * Stow lacks some features and I'm not very common with perl... So I

    implemented them in XStow.

*) Static versions

   

  If you enable static compiling 2 binaries 'xstow', 'xstow-static' 

  will be created.

  The 'xstow-static' version has no ncurses support 

  and the binary is compiled statically.

  If you are heaviliy using xstow it is recomended compiling these static 

  versions, since you are using xstow like one of the base system tools.

  Upgrading the libc with a static xstow is no problem.

*) Libraries

  - ncurses

  For better --help screen support XStow uses the ncurses library.

  With the help of this library XStow uses the available width of the

  terminal it is running on.

  If you don't compile XStow with ncurses support, the terminal width

  will be guessed as 80 characters wide.

  So the ncurses support is absolutely not required.

  

*) checkout from git

  when checking out from github you need to get all submodules by command

  `git clone --recurse-submodules --recurse-submodules [email protected]:majorkingleo/xstow.git`

  or if you already checked out:

  `cd xstow && git submodule update --init --recursive`