checkinstall - installation tracker

[debaday]

CheckInstall keeps track of all the files created or modified by your installation script ("make install" "make install_modules", "setup", etc), builds a standard binary package and installs it in your system giving you the ability to uninstall it with your distribution's standard package management utilities.

Suggested by Malte S.:
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Comments

[k8to]

Is there a handy guide to surviving equivs anywhere? I often have problems getting apt to FORGET them after I want them gone. The info in the apt howto didn't really point out the pitfalls to me well enough.

[dottedmag]

dpkg --purge?

Why do I want it out of apt's way?

[angrykeyboarder]

I've never seen this instruction before.

[spb_nick]

Thank you, I think this package would be very helpful. However, and not entirely offtopic, could anybody suggest good, more or less thorough, Debian package system manual/tutorial, with all pieces covered as a whole (from the bird's eye view)?
Please forgive me my English. Many thanks in advance.

debian packaging resources

[spb_nick]

here's something of a high-level description of debian packaging

here's the Debian New Maintainer's Guide, which could be practically renamed to the Debian Packaging Guide, as it has more to do with simple packaging than maintaining.

Re: debian packaging resources

[spb_nick]

Thank you very much, again :)

great stuff

[toykeeper]

Checkinstall is really, really nice. It's an indispensable tool for anal admins like me, who want to be able to cleanly track and (un)install things which aren't available in debian.

[angrykeyboarder]

This has to be one of my faves. Somehow despite the thousands upon thousands of .deb packages out there, I always seem to find something I want that's not available as a .deb.

[attg]

this is one of my favorite tools i recommend to everyone

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