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documentation: Recommend GNU stow to people who want to install to /usr/local #21536

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#21479 allows to set --prefix, but of course we can't write to /usr/local because we aren't root at 'make' time. (See also #21495.)

So, for people who really want all software in /usr/local, we could just point them to https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ in the documentation.
Haven't used that in 10 years, but looks like it is still maintained.

Depends on #21479

Component: documentation

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/21536

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