UWCS/dcs-get — pull request #12 by 00xafstruct (2011-11-07 16:28:35+00:00)
Title: Merged in some old code I had lying around which happens to allow you to install packages from any directory

For example, your home directory:
bash-4.1$ ./dcs-get install-local ~/lyx-2.0.1.tar.gz
install_package_local: EXPERIMENTAL! Install any pre-requisites manually.
Extracting package into dcs-get directory...[OK]
Installation complete.
bash-4.1$ lyx &
[1] 27426