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How can I install a more modern version of GNU utils (coreutils) on Debian Linux with no admin rights?

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I would like to install a more modern version of GNU utils (coreutils) on a debian linux system where I have no admin rights. Is there a way to do that? The rationale is that I need a more modern version to the one installed in the system where I intend to run my analysis. I am trying to use "sort …

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You can't install them in the sense that they override the existing ones for all users of the system, but you can compile and install them in your home directory and configure your such that they are ran instead of the system ones. To do so, downloa…

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