Knowledge

CheckInstall

Source 📝

332: 190: 504: 25: 561: 287:
CheckInstall monitors the installation phase of a normal software build process and notes the files that are added to the system. It then builds a package that contains these files, using additional information gathered from the user. Finally, the files installed by the original run are removed and
295:
are the ability to remove the package from the system using the system packaging tools, and the ability to install the resulting package on multiple machines. CheckInstall is sometimes cited as a mechanism for creating packages by open source projects instead of creating numerous platform-specific
621: 626: 545: 320:
After entering some information about the author and a package description, you will get the folder where the generated package has been saved to.
288:
the package is installed using the system package tools, so the package will be properly registered in the local installed packages database.
419: 631: 337: 602: 538: 476: 108: 511: 281: 531: 46: 89: 42: 61: 167: 365: 141: 264:
operating systems which eases the installation and uninstallation of software compiled from source by making use of
68: 227: 265: 75: 595: 350: 35: 355: 57: 636: 273: 212: 588: 200: 415: 411: 480: 305: 222: 309: 82: 189: 572: 515: 615: 435: 345: 176: 24: 503: 386: 284:
that can later be cleanly uninstalled through the appropriate package manager.
238: 327: 127: 269: 261: 205: 560: 456: 277: 291:
The primary benefits provided by CheckInstall versus simply running
568: 360: 18: 268:. After software compilation it can automatically generate a 576: 519: 233: 221: 211: 199: 166: 140: 126: 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 596: 539: 304:Checkinstall is usually used after running a 8: 121: 477:"emergent Neural Network Simulation System" 603: 589: 546: 532: 188: 120: 622:Linux package management-related software 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 627:Unix package management-related software 377: 7: 557: 555: 500: 498: 338:Free and open-source software portal 47:adding citations to reliable sources 317:./configure make sudo checkinstall 14: 147:1.6.2 / December 26, 2009 559: 502: 330: 23: 34:needs additional citations for 1: 575:. You can help Knowledge by 518:. You can help Knowledge by 632:Installation software stubs 366:Yellowdog Updater, Modified 653: 554: 497: 266:package management systems 260:is a computer program for 228:GNU General Public License 162: 136: 16:Computer program for Unix 406:Schroder, Carla (2009), 436:"Debian Administration" 387:"CheckInstall Homepage" 351:Advanced Packaging Tool 571:-related article is a 356:Alien (file converter) 149:; 14 years ago 512:installation software 43:improve this article 455:Reingart, Mariano. 217:Software management 123: 414:, pp. 56–57, 128:Original author(s) 584: 583: 527: 526: 421:978-0-596-00640-2 385:Sánchez, Felipe. 255: 254: 119: 118: 111: 93: 644: 605: 598: 591: 563: 556: 548: 541: 534: 506: 499: 492: 491: 489: 488: 479:. Archived from 473: 467: 466: 464: 463: 452: 446: 445: 443: 442: 431: 425: 424: 403: 397: 396: 394: 393: 382: 340: 335: 334: 333: 312: 306:configure script 296:build packages. 294: 251: 248: 246: 244: 242: 240: 192: 187: 184: 182: 180: 178: 157: 155: 150: 124: 114: 107: 103: 100: 94: 92: 51: 27: 19: 652: 651: 647: 646: 645: 643: 642: 641: 612: 611: 610: 609: 553: 552: 496: 495: 486: 484: 475: 474: 470: 461: 459: 454: 453: 449: 440: 438: 433: 432: 428: 422: 405: 404: 400: 391: 389: 384: 383: 379: 374: 336: 331: 329: 326: 318: 310: 302: 292: 237: 195: 175: 158: 153: 151: 148: 115: 104: 98: 95: 52: 50: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 650: 648: 640: 639: 634: 629: 624: 614: 613: 608: 607: 600: 593: 585: 582: 581: 564: 551: 550: 543: 536: 528: 525: 524: 507: 494: 493: 468: 447: 426: 420: 408:Linux Cookbook 398: 376: 375: 373: 370: 369: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 342: 341: 325: 322: 316: 314:, as follows: 301: 298: 253: 252: 235: 231: 230: 225: 219: 218: 215: 209: 208: 203: 197: 196: 194: 193: 172: 170: 164: 163: 160: 159: 146: 144: 142:Stable release 138: 137: 134: 133: 132:Felipe Sánchez 130: 117: 116: 58:"CheckInstall" 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 649: 638: 635: 633: 630: 628: 625: 623: 620: 619: 617: 606: 601: 599: 594: 592: 587: 586: 580: 578: 574: 570: 565: 562: 558: 549: 544: 542: 537: 535: 530: 529: 523: 521: 517: 514:article is a 513: 508: 505: 501: 483:on 2014-03-31 482: 478: 472: 469: 458: 451: 448: 437: 434:Kemp, Steve. 430: 427: 423: 417: 413: 409: 402: 399: 388: 381: 378: 371: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 343: 339: 328: 323: 321: 315: 313: 307: 299: 297: 289: 285: 283: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 250: 247:/checkinstall 236: 232: 229: 226: 224: 220: 216: 214: 210: 207: 204: 202: 198: 191: 186: 183:/checkinstall 174: 173: 171: 169: 165: 161: 145: 143: 139: 135: 131: 129: 125: 113: 110: 102: 99:November 2013 91: 88: 84: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: –  59: 55: 54:Find sources: 48: 44: 38: 37: 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 577:expanding it 566: 520:expanding it 509: 485:. Retrieved 481:the original 471: 460:. Retrieved 450: 439:. Retrieved 429: 407: 401: 390:. Retrieved 380: 346:Installwatch 319: 303: 293:make install 290: 286: 280:-compatible 258:CheckInstall 257: 256: 177:checkinstall 122:CheckInstall 105: 96: 86: 79: 72: 65: 53: 41:Please help 36:verification 33: 637:Unix stubs 616:Categories 487:2013-05-07 462:2013-05-07 457:"wxPyWiki" 441:2013-05-07 392:2012-11-12 372:References 239:asic-linux 168:Repository 154:2009-12-26 69:newspapers 270:Slackware 262:Unix-like 206:Unix-like 412:O'Reilly 324:See also 201:Platform 282:package 234:Website 223:License 152: ( 83:scholar 418:  278:Debian 276:-, or 245:/~izto 85:  78:  71:  64:  56:  567:This 510:This 300:Usage 179:.izto 90:JSTOR 76:books 573:stub 569:Unix 516:stub 416:ISBN 361:Sudo 311:make 308:and 241:.com 213:Type 185:.git 181:.org 62:news 274:RPM 272:-, 243:.mx 45:by 618:: 410:, 604:e 597:t 590:v 579:. 547:e 540:t 533:v 522:. 490:. 465:. 444:. 395:. 249:/ 156:) 112:) 106:( 101:) 97:( 87:· 80:· 73:· 66:· 39:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"CheckInstall"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
Original author(s)
Stable release
Repository
checkinstall.izto.org/checkinstall.git
Edit this at Wikidata
Platform
Unix-like
Type
License
GNU General Public License
asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/
Unix-like
package management systems
Slackware
RPM
Debian
package
configure script
make

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.