CheckInstall Alternatives

CheckInstall is described as 'Linux program which eases installation & uninstallation of software compiled from source. After software compilation it can automatically generate a Slackware, RPM, or Debian-compatible package that can later be cleanly uninstalled' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to CheckInstall for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Snapcraft apps. The best CheckInstall alternative is CMake, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CheckInstall are GNU Make, LazFuck, Grop and Porg.

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  1. CMake icon
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    CMake is a family of tools designed to build, test and package software. CMake is used to control the software compilation process using simple platform and compiler independent configuration files. CMake generates native makefiles and workspaces that can be used in the compiler...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
    • CMake is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CheckInstall.

    • CMake is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CheckInstall.

    • CMake is Free and Open SourceCheckInstall is also Free and Open Source
  2. GNU Make icon
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    Make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  3. LazFuck icon
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    LazFuck is a GUI application for writing, executing, compiling and debugging programs written in famous BrainFuck esoteric programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
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    Grop is the graphic interface of porg. It uses and depends on the GTKMM library (version 3.4.0 or later). It's not meant to be a replacement of porg, since it lacks some important features like logging package installations, but it allows for manipulating the installed...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Porg (formerly known as paco), is a program to aid management of software packages installed from source code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
  6. Task icon
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    Task is a task runner / build tool that aims to be simpler and easier to use than, for example, GNU Make.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
     
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    Werk is a command runner and simplistic build system. It is intended to supplant Make in projects that need a simple build tool adjacent to a main build system, such as Cargo or NPM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • BSD
     
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