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width: 100%; &quot;"><tbody><tr> <td style="&quot; border: 0px hidden&quot;"><p class="line891"><small><a href="/DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation">Translation(s)</a> : English - <a href="/fr/CheckInstall">Fran莽ais</a> - <a href="/ru/CheckInstall">袪褍褋褋泻懈泄</a> </small></td> <td style="&quot; text-align: right; border: 0px hidden&quot;"><p class="line862"> <img alt="(!)" height="16" src="/htdocs/debwiki/img/idea.png" title="(!)" width="16" /> <a class="nonexistent" href="/CheckInstall/Discussion">?</a>Discussion</td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-4"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-5"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><a class="interwiki" href="https://packages.debian.org/checkinstall" title="DebianPkg">checkinstall</a> keeps track of all the files created or modified by your installation script, builds a standard binary package (<tt class="backtick">.deb</tt>, <tt class="backtick">.rpm</tt>, <tt class="backtick">.tgz</tt>) and installs it in your system giving you the ability to uninstall it with your distribution's standard package management utilities. <span class="anchor" id="line-6"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-7"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-8"></span><div class="note"><span class="anchor" id="line-1-1"></span><p class="line862">Note that for most useful actions, checkinstall must be run as <a href="/Root">root</a> </div><span class="anchor" id="line-9"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-10"></span><p class="line867"><tt class="backtick">checkinstall</tt> is really useful if you've got a tarball with software that you have to compile with the usual <span class="anchor" id="line-11"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-12"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-2"></span>./configure <span class="anchor" id="line-2-1"></span>make <span class="anchor" id="line-3-1"></span>make install <span class="anchor" id="line-4-1"></span>make clean</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span><p class="line874">To use it, you just build the software according to its instructions, and <span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span>then use the install command in the instructions through <tt class="backtick">checkinstall</tt>. I usually boils down to <span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span><pre><span class="anchor" id="line-1-3"></span>tar -zxvf source-app.tar.gz <span class="anchor" id="line-2-2"></span>cd source <span class="anchor" id="line-3-2"></span>./configure <span class="anchor" id="line-4-2"></span>make <span class="anchor" id="line-5-1"></span>checkinstall</pre><span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span><p class="line867"><tt class="backtick">checkinstall</tt> will build a .deb package and install it. <span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span><p class="line862">If you want to remove the package, just use your favorite <a href="/DebianPackageManagement">package management tool</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span><p class="line862">If you add the <tt class="backtick">--install=no</tt> option to <tt class="backtick">checkinstall</tt>, the program will generate a <tt class="backtick">.deb</tt> package without installing it. <span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span><p class="line862">You can now install the generated <tt class="backtick">.deb</tt> on your computer or other machines of the same architecture (and the same version of Debian system), with <tt class="backtick">dpkg -i source-app_version_amd64.deb</tt> or <a class="interwiki" href="https://packages.debian.org/gdebi" title="DebianPkg">gdebi</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span><p class="line862">The default configuration is read from <tt class="backtick">/etc/checkinstallrc</tt> <span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span><p class="line867"> <h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="interwiki" href="https://manpages.debian.org/man/8/checkinstall" title="DebianMan">checkinstall manpage</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h2 id="External_Links">External Links</h2> <span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://checkinstall.izto.org/">Checkinstall homepage</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a class="http" href="http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/checkinstall.html.en">Installing from tarballs using checkinstall</a> (2004) <span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><hr class="hr1" /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span><p class="line867"><a href="/CategoryPackageManagement"><strong class="highlight">CategoryPackageManagement</strong></a> | <a href="/CategoryPackaging">CategoryPackaging</a> | <a href="/CategorySoftware">CategorySoftware</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">CheckInstall (<a class="nbinfo" href="/CheckInstall?action=info" rel="nofollow">last modified 2019-10-09 18:39:21</a>)</p> <ul id="credits"> <li>Debian <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy">privacy policy</a>, Wiki <a href="/Teams/DebianWiki">team</a>, <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org">bugs</a> and <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wiki.debian.org">config</a>.</li><li>Powered by <a href="https://moinmo.in/" title="This site uses the MoinMoin Wiki software.">MoinMoin</a> and <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python" title="MoinMoin is written in Python.">Python</a>, with hosting provided by <a href="https://www.man-da.de/">Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>