Installing compiled software with checkinstall

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First, install checkinstall: "apt-get install checkinstall" in terminal as root or with KPackage or Synaptic

NOTE: checkinstall is not available in Debian Etch and thus in MEPIS 7, see the technical explanation here. But can be installed with the deb from the teharris.net community repository or from the Checkinstall download page.

Open a terminal type su to become root then type the following in order:

1. ./configure --prefix=/usr

2. make

3. checkinstall

Then answer questions that come up. When you get to the part where it has maintainer, version number, etc., then edit the version number if you see it hasn't got a number in it. If it has letters only then you will get an error and it won't install the package.

Checkinstall creates a .deb package from the compiled program and installs it. You can manage the package afterwards with the usual tools: dpkg, apt-get, KPackage, Synaptic. It's very easy to remove the package.

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