checkinstall

Create and install a package with default settings

$ sudo checkinstall -y

$ sudo checkinstall --install=no

$ sudo checkinstall --nodoc

$ sudo checkinstall --pkgname [package]

$ sudo checkinstall --pakdir [path/to/directory]

checkinstall [options] [install command]

checkinstall tracks the installation of software from source and produces a binary package that can be managed by the system's native package manager (deb, rpm, or Slackware tgz).
Instead of running `make install` directly, running `checkinstall` monitors which files are created during installation and packages them. This allows clean removal and management of locally compiled software.

-y, --default

Accept all default values non-interactively

Whether to install the package after creation

Don't include documentation in the package

Set the package name

Directory to save the created package

Create a Debian package

Create an RPM package

Create a Slackware package

Requires make or equivalent build system to be present. The resulting package may not be as polished as official distribution packages. Some installations may create files outside tracked directories.

checkinstall was created to solve the problem of managing software installed from source code. It provides a bridge between traditional source compilation and modern package management systems.

make(1), dpkg(1), rpm(8)