Re: tar.gz to debian packages

[Matthew Weier O'Phinney <matthew@weierophinney.net>]

-- iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk> wrote
(on Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 02:40 PM +0100):
> >Actually, there's an easier way:
> >    apt-get checkinstall
> >checkinstall is run as root after you've done your ./configure and make,
> >and in place of the make install command. It creates a .deb file and
> >also installs it for you. Be sure to read the man page for it -- there's
> >a lot of options to help you customize the package.
> >
> >--Matthew
> >
> >
> 
> $apt-get install checkinstall
> 
> ;-)

oops! Thanks... --m