On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Sam Martin wrote: > On Dec 18, 2007 5:15 PM, Mike Miller wrote: >> ... >> Can I compile in a way that creates a package, then install the package? That >> would seem to provide the best of both worlds, perhaps at a little extra >> cost in terms of effort during installation. > > Take a look at "checkinstall" > (http://www.asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall). On the rare > occasion when something's not already in the package repository of > your distro of choice, you can usually do the following to install > from source: > > $ ./configure > $ make > $ sudo checkinstall > > The last command builds a package (the default behavior issues a "make > install" behind the scenes) and, if all went well, installs it. That's very cool! But even if a program is available as a package, won't I sometimes want to compile it with options that weren't used when the package was created? If so, it sounds like checkinstall could be a big help to me. Mike