Installing from source

[Thomas Bartkus]

If I must (no precompiled pkg) install something from source code -

Would it not be preferable to roll the configure/make results into a
..deb file?

So that I can install it with the normal apt-get or Synaptec software?

So that the system can keep track of it just like any other piece of
installed software?

Can anyone point to help/discussion/tutorial resources for doing this?

Or should I just configure->make->make install and fuhgedaboutit?
Thomas Bartkus

[SINNER]

* Thomas Bartkus wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:

> If I must (no precompiled pkg) install something from source code -
>
> Would it not be preferable to roll the configure/make results into
> a
> .deb file?
>
> So that I can install it with the normal apt-get or Synaptec
> software?
>
> So that the system can keep track of it just like any other piece
> of
> installed software?
>
> Can anyone point to help/discussion/tutorial resources for doing
> this?
>
> Or should I just configure->make->make install and fuhgedaboutit?
> Thomas Bartkus
>

google checkinstall

Steps become:

../configure
make
checkinstall

which creates the .deb and updates the database.

[Thomas Bartkus]

"SINNER" <arcade.master@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97A578FFDFD94louiscypherhellorg@140.99.99. 130...

> * Thomas Bartkus wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>

> > If I must (no precompiled pkg) install something from source code -
> >
> > Would it not be preferable to roll the configure/make results into
> > a
> > .deb file?
> >
> > So that I can install it with the normal apt-get or Synaptec
> > software?
> >
> > So that the system can keep track of it just like any other piece
> > of
> > installed software?
> >
> > Can anyone point to help/discussion/tutorial resources for doing
> > this?
> >
> > Or should I just configure->make->make install and fuhgedaboutit?
> > Thomas Bartkus
> >

>
> google checkinstall
>
> Steps become:
>
> ./configure
> make
> checkinstall
>
> which creates the .deb and updates the database.

KnowItAll!

It does .rpm also. I will check it out ASAP.

Thanks
Thomas Bartkus

[Hadron Quark]

"SINNER"posted the following on 2006-04-14:

> * Thomas Bartkus wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>

>> If I must (no precompiled pkg) install something from source code -
>>
>> Would it not be preferable to roll the configure/make results into
>> a
>> .deb file?
>>
>> So that I can install it with the normal apt-get or Synaptec
>> software?
>>
>> So that the system can keep track of it just like any other piece
>> of
>> installed software?
>>
>> Can anyone point to help/discussion/tutorial resources for doing
>> this?
>>
>> Or should I just configure->make->make install and fuhgedaboutit?
>> Thomas Bartkus
>>

>
> google checkinstall
>
> Steps become:
>
> ./configure
> make
> checkinstall
>
> which creates the .deb and updates the database.

Brilliant : never heard of that before.