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Compiling and Installing Local Source Files with Apt
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bjr87
Compiling and Installing Local Source Files with Apt
How do I install a program for source using apt, where I already have the source file located locally (e.g. in /home/username ion the hard drive) on my machine?
Have a look at the checkinstall package. In my opinion it is better than doing "make install", since it makes a debian package from the installed things. The package itself is bare enough, it doesn't have depedencies and the like, but at least when you try to remove/upgrade your program, you can do it with dpkg, and you can be sure that nothing is left when you purge the program.
You use the checkinstall program just like Harold said, except that run "checkinstall" instead of "make install". This will make and install a debian package.
You use the checkinstall program just like Harold said, except that run "checkinstall" instead of "make install". This will make and install a debian package.