I'm sure it's me but... I can't find stow

IndieMurph · February 14, 2025, 4:51pm

Hello,

latest OM rome w/KDE

I want to install gnu stow. I tried dnf to search for it, but it doesn’t find it. I enabled all the repos I could (for now) just to see if it was in extra or what-not. Am I doing something wrong? I tried

dnf search stow

That comes back nothing found. I’m stumped. I even tried the GUI dnf tool. No luck.

rugyada · February 14, 2025, 4:58pm

At a first search does not look like we have that in our repos.
I’d suggest to file a Package Request providing all the required information.

WilsonPhillips · February 14, 2025, 5:00pm

@IndieMurph have you ever put in a package request? If you would like to make the attempt, I will give you a chance to do it. HINT: the first one is hard. They get easier. If not, I will put it in for you. Just say so.

WilsonPhillips · February 14, 2025, 5:37pm

@IndieMurph Great job! I know how hard it is to gather all the info to put in the request, but that takes a big load off the maintainer that will take on the task. It’s a BIG DEAL to say the least. You also get to have a feeling of accomplishment for helping in the effort.

github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/distribution

Request the addition of GNU Stow

opened 05:10PM - 14 Feb 25 UTC

IndieMurph

new package-request

**Official package name:** stow **License (must be an OSI approved Open Sour…ce license):** GNU General Public License v3 (https://opensource.org/license/gpl-3-0) **Download URL of latest release:** HTTP: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/ FTP: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow/ SOURCE: https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=stow **Latest release date (must be recent):** 2024-09-08 **Description: (lifted from their website)** GNU Stow is a symlink farm manager which takes distinct packages of software and/or data located in separate directories on the filesystem, and makes them appear to be installed in the same place. For example, /usr/local/bin could contain symlinks to files within /usr/local/stow/emacs/bin, /usr/local/stow/perl/bin etc., and likewise recursively for any other subdirectories such as .../share, .../man, and so on. This is particularly useful for keeping track of system-wide and per-user installations of software built from source, but [can also facilitate a more controlled approach to management of configuration files in the user's home directory](http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html), especially when [coupled with version control systems](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-stow/2011-12/msg00000.html). Stow is implemented as a combination of a [Perl](http://www.perl.org/) script providing a CLI interface, and a [backend Perl module](http://search.cpan.org/dist/Stow/) which does most of the work. Stow is [Free Software](http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), licensed under the [GNU General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

IndieMurph · February 14, 2025, 8:30pm

Thanks! I was hoping I wasn’t being too formal or wordy. I look forward to the inclusion of gnu stow if it’s approved. I’m hoping to use it for maintaining my ungoogled-chromium bookmarks across systems. Obviously, I could just build it from source, but I’d rather just get it from a package, also others might find it beneficial having it in a package as well.

rugyada · February 14, 2025, 8:40pm

It’s perfect.

WilsonPhillips · February 14, 2025, 8:42pm

I was surprised that stow was not in our repos.

chrols · February 19, 2025, 7:21pm

Stow should be available in cooker now, I am not familiar enough with the release process to comment on when it will be available elsewhere. Though given the minimal requirements to run stow you should be able to grab the RPM directly from ABF if you are so inclined. I am not allowed to post a link though, sorry.