checkinstall

Track the local installation of a software package, and produce a binary package which can be used with a system's native package manager. More information: <http://checkinstall.izto.org>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/checkinstall.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install checkinstall
Ubuntu
apt-get install checkinstall
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install checkinstall
Raspbian
apt-get install checkinstall
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/checkinstall

Track the local installation of a software package, and produce a binary package which can be used with a system's native package manager. More information: <http://checkinstall.izto.org>.

  • Create and install a package with default settings:
    sudo checkinstall --default
  • Create a package but don't install it:
    sudo checkinstall --install=no
  • Create a package without documentation:
    sudo checkinstall --nodoc
  • Create a package and set the name:
    sudo checkinstall --pkgname package
  • Create a package and specify where to save it:
    sudo checkinstall --pakdir path/to/directory

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