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Compiling source into a DEB package

I have always had a problem installing and removing compiled software, so I have decided I would like to build software from source into a .deb package for easier installation/removal. I would like to know of an easy and short way to build source…
Ashu
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checkinstall asking for version

I have a autoconf/automake/autoeverything project that I'm installing with checkinstall. When I go to install it, I'm shown this This package will be built according to these values: 0 - Maintainer: [ brooks94@foo.com ] 1 - Summary: [ Package…
brooks94
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Why is checkinstall no longer being maintained?

The command checkinstall has been recommended many times in this forum, as a replacement of make install. However when one goes to the official website, the "Recent news" section shows Dec 2016 as the most recent date. Edit: I read the post Is…
evaristegd
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Build .deb package from source, without installing it

Suppose I have an installer program or source tarball for some program I want to install. (There is no Debian package available.) First I want to create a .deb package out of it, in order to be able to cleanly remove the installed program in the…
Mechanical snail
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Checkinstall doesn't install package globally

I am trying to compile ffmpeg from sources and create deb package in order to install ffmpeg globally and make it possible to remove it with dpkg -r command. Here are my commands. # Installing FFmpeg cd ~/ffmpeg_sources wget…
bkdaaqra
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Reverting problems caused by checkinstall with gcc build

I recently downloaded the GCC 4.6.2 source in order to play around a bit with C++11. Having been told about checkinstall and its usefulness in installing programs from source, I created a Debian package from the install using sudo checkinstall -D…
Matt Kline
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Self-compiled FFmpeg, checkinstall and APT dependencies

I've compiled FFmpeg and installed it with checkinstall. Now, I'm trying to install OpenCV development files, but it wants to install libavcodec-dev libavcodec54 libavformat54 libavutil-dev libavutil52 from Ubuntu's repositories, which breaks…
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Best practice for updating a software that was installed via `checkinstall`

One of the recommended practices to install a software from source is using checkinstall because it's easier to remove the software later. But what's the best practice for updating such a software? Should I remove the installed .deb package first…
Aliquis
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checkinstall / make does not work for the program razercfg that I wish to install

My goal is to change my mouse DPI. So any less frustrating solution is also welcome. I've already searched and read through the other topics about razercfg & many others trying to figure out how to not get these errors but I'm new to Linux and even…
user3776022
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checkinstall failing to install debian package

I'm trying to install sip for pyqt and trying to get checkinstall to work. But it keeps saying Installing Debian package... FAILED! This is what's in the log file: (Reading database ... 191312 files and directories currently installed.) …
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Compiling error checkinstall

Hi I wanna compile my first package (Wine) under Ubuntu (it's also my first day with this OS). I ran ./configure and make, no errors. But when I did checkinstall then I got this back: ========================= Installation results…
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How to check if a specific programm is installed?

Simple Question, I want to check if a specific programm = sp is installed on Ubuntu 12.04 server. I dont want to for sudo apt-get sp and I can't check all folders. Is there a fast and good way?
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How to convert .tar.gz etc to .deb format using ubucompilator/checkinstall?

Possible Duplicate: Compiling source into a DEB package I have some tarballs I want to convert into Debian packages. I usually use gdebi to install .debs but tarballs are difficult for me to use. How can I use checkinstall or ubucompilator to…
abh-kirrack
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Ubuntu 24.04 checkinstall fails

I have used checkinstall in Ubuntu 18.04, and 16.04, however in 24.04 I it seems no longer work as expected. Here is a step by step description (but you need a recent emacs version installed) clone the auctex package via git clone…
Uwe Brauer
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Uninstall package locally installed with checkinstall

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 I wanted to install vim from source, using checkinstall. So I ran this: $ git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git $ cd vim/src Here, I edited the Makefile so vim would be installed in the $HOME directory, instead of the default…
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